Eugene Melnyk was brought up in Toronto, Ontario, the child of parents who moved to Canada from Ukraine. He was survived by two daughters, Olivia and Anna.
Eugene was the Owner, Governor, and Chairman of the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators and the AHL’s Belleville Senators, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Neurolign Technologies Inc., Chairman of Clean Beauty Collective Inc., Honorary Colonel, Canadian Armed Forces, and an individual from the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Eugene started his business career in 1982 with Trimel Corp., a clinical distributing organization he changed into the biggest clinical distributing organization in Canada with a stable of 40 distributions.
He offered the organization to Thomson Corp. in 1989. Soon after, he established Biovail Corp., which was once Canada’s biggest public drug company with more than C$1-billion in yearly income.
How did Eugene Melnyk Die? Cause of Death of Eugene Melnyk
Eugene Melnyk was hospitalized for end-stage liver failure and had a liver transplant in May 2015 after a public appeal for a live liver donor found an anonymous donor.
He died on March 28, 2022, due to an undisclosed illness at the age of 62.
Eugene Melnyk Wife
Eugene Melnyk before his demise was unmarried and was in a relationship with Sharilyne Anderson. The couple has been seen on numerous occasions together and was open about their relationship.
