Richard Egan, the 73-year-old co-founder of tech company EMC Corp., was found dead in his Boston-area home late last week. According to various reports, Egan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after a long battle with lung cancer. Egan also suffered from a number of other ailments, including diabetes, emphysema, and high blood pressure.

This week marks the 30th anniversary of Egan's founding of EMC along with partner Roger Marino. Egan served as the storage technology company's CEO until 1992. Egan had also served as a Marine Corps helicopter pilot and worked for a number of high profile companies such as Intel.

Another former EMC CEO, Michael Ruettgers issued a statement reading, in part,

I personally learned a great deal from working with him and always enjoyed our working relationship. He will be deeply missed by those of us who were fortunate enough to know him and call him a friend.