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Former Johnson & Johnson CEO James Burke dies

Published: October 2, 2012 8:43 PM
By LINDA A. JOHNSON. The Association Press

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TRENTON -- Former Johnson & Johnson chief executive James E. Burke, who steered the health care giant through the Tylenol poisonings in the 1980s that resulted in the first tamper-resistant product packaging, has died.

The company said Burke died late Friday at age 87, after a long, unspecified illness.

Burke, who ran the New Brunswick, N.J., company for 13 of his 37 years there, also...

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