For the philosopher and mountaineer, see Arne Nęss
For the businessman, mountaineer, and former husband of Diana Ross, see Arne Nęss Jr.
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Arne was the nephew of the famous pioneer and philosopher ArneNaess sr., who in 1950 led the expedition that made the first ascent of Tirich Mir, Pakistan (7706 m).
ArneNaess, who has died in a climbing accident in South Africa aged 66, was a Norwegian shipping magnate, mountaineer and, for 13 years, the second husband of the tempestuous pop diva Diana Ross.
According to an unauthorised biography by the Norwegian journalist Mona Levin, Naess was born Arne Raab in Germany on December 8 1937, the son of a German ski-jumping coach and Kikki Naess, a physiotherapist and a member of one of Norway's most prominent families.
ArneNaess, who has died in a climbing accident in South Africa aged 66, was a Norwegian shipping magnate, mountaineer and, for 13 years, the second husband of the tempestuous pop diva Diana Ross.
Yet, in 1999, when Naess announced in a television interview that the marriage was over, Diana Ross was reportedly devastated; some traced her subsequent problems with drink to the breakdown of the relationship.
His uncle, ArneNaess, after whom he was named, is the famous mountaineer, ecologist and philosopher who, in 1950, led the expedition that made the first ascent of Tirich Mir in Pakistan.
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