The family of Robert K. Irving, shown in this handout image provided by the Irving Family, Co-CEO of J.D. Irving, Limited, mark his passing today in Moncton, New Brunswick, following a courageous battle with cancer. The Canadian Press/Handout-Irving Family
Robert K. Irving, a key executive at New Brunswick forestry and shipbuilding giant J.D. Irving Ltd., has died at the age of 71 following a battle with cancer.
Irving’s family said in a statement that he died Tuesday surrounded by his immediate family in Moncton, N.B. He is survived by his wife, four children and four grandchildren.
