<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1907931,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">Former IBM Chief Executive Frank Cary passed away</A> on January 1, 2006, a Lexmark International spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. The news was first disclosed in a Lexmark filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Cary was a director at Lexmark. Cary was chairman and CEO of IBM from 1973 to 1981. The cause of death was not immediately known.