Metro Police officials said they were called to his home Sunday night and they found Freeman dead in an apparent suicide. Freeman, well-known across the region as a business leader, a political player and 2015 Nashville mayoral candidate,

Bill Freeman, a Nashville real estate developer and major Democratic fundraiser, has died, with his contributions remembered.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Nashville mogul and former mayoral candidate, Bill Freeman, has died, according to officials.

William H. “Bill” Freeman, a titan of Nashville’s business community, former mayoral candidate and a leading fundraiser for the Democratic Party, died Sunday night at the age of 73. The cause of death was suicide.

Bill Freeman — the co-founder of Nashville-based real estate company Freeman Webb Co., a Democratic Party powerbroker and the owner of Post parent company FW Publishing — has died. He was 73. According to son Bob Freeman, Freeman died of suicide Sunday night at his Green Hills home. He had dealt with health challenges prior to his death.

According his son Bob Freeman, Freeman died Sunday night. He was 73. Freeman — a longtime supporter of local journalism and a candidate for mayor in 2015 — teamed with friend and business partner Jimmy Webb to purchase the Scene and sister publications Nashville Post and Nfocus in 2018 via FW Publishing. Webb died in 2019.

Nashville business mogul Bill Freeman has passed away. Freeman was a major Nashville real estate developer and Democratic fundraiser.

Authorities have announced that they are currently investigating the death of Nashville real estate mogul and big-time Democratic donor Bill Freeman as a possible suicide.