Tipsy Collective co-founder Derek Ong dies at age 35

Before starting Tipsy Collective, Derek Ong was a part-time banquet waiter in his teens and later became a bartender. - TIPSY COLLECTIVE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The co-founder and group chief executive of home-grown hospitality group Tipsy Collective, Derek Ong, has died. He was 35.

He died on Saturday, according to an online memorial put up by funeral parlour Green Pastures.