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 at 73, according to officials.