Carter Lay, an heir to the Frito-Lay potato chip empire, was found dead in his L.A. home Thursday. Cops tell TMZ they got a call around noon for an unconscious male. When they arrived they found Carter in his bedroom, unresponsive. CPR failed and he was pronounced dead on the scene. Carter was the grandson of Herman Lay -- the founder of Frito-Lay. The company is valued at $13.1 billion, according to Forbes. An autopsy is underway.
- 9/4/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A Los Angeles philanthropist and a newly formed online video studio are teaming up to do good. Carter Lay, whose grandfather Herman founded the Frito-Lay company, has partnered with David Beebe Projects for a multi-platform project aimed at empowering at-risk youths. The project will continue The Carter Lay Charitable Fund's ongoing work with impoverished communities. It will center around a number of different minority youths, each of whom will photograph his typical day and star in an individual webisode based around his life. The photographs and other art projects created by the youths will ultimately be auctioned off, with the money going back into each low-income neighborhood. “This initiative furthers my efforts to introduce and connect youth to the arts and also provide kids a positive way to engage in their community,” explained Lay, who launched his Charitable Fund and ramped up his philanthropic efforts after being diagnosed with leukemia last year.
- 9/17/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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