FILE PHOTO: Foresight Energy LP's Chairman Christopher Cline (R) ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, U.S., June 19, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
(Reuters) - Coal tycoon and self-made billionaire Christopher Cline, 61, was among seven people who died in a helicopter crash on Thursday in the Bahamas, the Register-Herald of West Virginia reported, citing friends of Cline.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice confirmed Cline's death on Twitter but offered no details on how it happened.
