Tech executive Dave Goldberg died after collapsing in gym

David Goldberg, the SurveyMonkey CEO and Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg’s husband, was exercising at a gym in a Mexican resort when he collapsed and suffered a head trauma before he died Friday. Efforts to revive Goldberg, 47, who was vacationing with family and friends, were unsuccessful. Goldberg (pictured) left his room at about 4 p.m. to exercise, and family members went to look for him after he didn’t return, the Mexican official said.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of David Goldberg, and our thoughts are with his wife, Disney board member Sheryl Sandberg, and their family.

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He was found at about 6:30 p.m. in one of the resort’s gymnasiums lying by a treadmill in a pool of blood, with a blow to the lower back of his head. He apparently had slipped on the treadmill and hit the machine, said the official, who was not authorized to speak to the press and spoke on condition of anonymity. Goldberg still had vital signs when he was discovered, but later died at a hospital in Nuevo Vallarta, the official said. The family is planning a service in Silicon Valley on Tuesday. It is by invitation only and closed to the press.

Dave Goldberg was an amazing person and I am glad I got to know him.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and president of Facebook

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