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,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Billionaire businessman Bill Freeman has died. Freeman's son, who is a state representative from Nashville, confirmed the passing. His cause of death is not known at this time.

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.