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Cause of death sought for Ala. snack food heir

Associated Press

Posted on March 17, 2010 at 10:03 AM

Updated Wednesday, Mar 17 at 10:03 AM

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine if an heir to one of Alabama's best-known companies was killed or took his own life.

Mountain Brook Police Chief Johnny Stanley said Wednesday that is the main question after the body of 63-year-old Major Bashinsky was found in a golf course pond.

Stanley says he hopes a coroner's report will provide answers.

Bashinksy, a prominent estate lawyer in Birmingham, disappeared two weeks ago. He is a son of the late Sloan Bashinsky, longtime head of Golden Flake Snack Foods. Major Bashinsky's car was found four days after he disappeared, and a letter critical of the company was taped inside it along with a bag of chips.

The letter was one of a series sent to members of the Bashinsky family.

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