Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died just two weeks after publicly revealing that his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma had returned.

San Francisco (AFP) - Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s, died Monday after his latest battle with cancer. He was 65.

"My brother was a remarkable individual on every level. While most knew Paul Allen as a technologist and philanthropist, for us he was a much loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend," Allen's sister Jody said in a statement.