Robert E. Murray, who used an aggressive acquisition strategy to build Murray Energy Corp. into a coal-mining giant even as falling prices drove rivals out of business, died Sunday at his home in St. Clairsville, Ohio, his lawyer, Michael Shaheen, said.
He was 80 years old and had recently applied for benefits from a federal government fund that helps provide medical treatment to coal miners disabled by black lung disease, Mr. Shaheen said.
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