By Craig Harris, Dennis Wagner, Paul Giblin and Dan Nowicki | The Republic | azcentral.com
His real-estate developments are crown jewels of the Valley. His well-publicized charitable works included befriending and offering financial help to Mother Teresa.
Yet Charles H Keating Jr. likely will be remembered as the man whose financial empire cost many investors their life savings when it crumbled and whose name became the moniker for a group of senators who intervened on his behalf with regulators during the 1980s savings-and-loan scandal.
Keating died late Monday night at age 90, friends and family members confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
