Tony Hsieh dies at age 46

"Blew himself up accidently. Dude was doing ketamine and nitrous oxide. That's why he left Zappos involuntarily" Forbes has the story but it's paywalled after the first paragraph.

I thought all the cool kids did coke. Huh.

From a comment on HN: “He had developed a severe drug addiction to ketamine and nitrous oxide. He completely lost touch with reality. Ended up killing himself in an explosion/fire that he caused himself. The reason he 'retired' from Zappos was due to the aforementioned drug addiction and was not voluntary.” This rings true to me. Read the announcement of his “resignation” by the Zappos COO. You don’t voluntarily leave a company that you founded and have been the public face of through a short email from the person taking over your position effective immediately.