“It is with deep sadness that we inform you that Arne M. Sorenson, President and CEO of Marriott International, unexpectedly passed away on February 15, 2021,” TASS said.

Sorenson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019, according to the agency.

Earlier it became known that the British billionaire and co-owner of the Telegraph Media Group, David Barkley, died at the age of 87 after a short illness.