Lugner underwent heart surgery in July as he battled with poor health.
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00:00Austrian entrepreneur Richard Lugner has died at the age of 91. Lugner was a titan in the
00:07construction industry, opening his own shopping mall Lugner City in 1990.
00:13He was also a Viennese society figure and was widely known for paying a celebrity to
00:18visit his shopping centre and then accompany him to the Vienna Opera Ball in the State
00:23Opera.
00:25Lugner ran as an independent candidate in the Austrian presidential elections twice
00:30but was unsuccessful in both attempts.