Warren Buffett Charlie Munger
Charlie Munger, left, and Warren Buffett, right, have been partners at Berkshire Hathaway for just over 40 years.
  • Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger enjoyed an over 60-year friendship.
  • A mutual contact first introduced the pair in their shared hometown of Omaha in 1959.
  • Munger's family announced the 99-year-old died on Tuesday.

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger's friendship goes back 60 years.

99-year-old Munger, the investing legend who led Berkshire Hathaway as vice chairman alongside Buffett, died on Tuesday in a California hospital.