'It killed him': Du Val investor's partner blames strain for untimely death

Du Val investor Karl Lindeman died at the wheel on SH25 on Wednesday. (Image: Supplied)

Tue, 09 Sep 2025

Du Val investor Karl Lindeman has died from a suspected heart attack, but his partner blames the strain the 58-year-old reluctant activist investor had been under since the Du Val group collapsed last year.Lindeman's truck left SH25 near Whangamatā on Wednesday morning as he suffered a heart attack.However, his partner, Megan Michie, told BusinessDesk from the couple’s Whangamatā home that she believes the Du Val saga's stress caused his death.“I truly think that it killed him,” Michie said. “He was like a dog wi...

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