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Pioneer TV Charles F. Dolan, who founded several media companiesincluding Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., is deceased. It was 98.
“It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved father and patriarch, Charles Dolan, the visionary founder of HBO and Cablevision,” his family said in a statement to Newsday.
A family spokesman told the Wall Street Journal that he “died peacefully of natural causes, surrounded by his loved ones.”
“Remembered as a pioneer in the television industry and a dedicated family man, his legacy will live on,” the spokesman added.
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Charles F. Dolan has died at the age of 98. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
Dolan’s legacy in Cable TV it includes the founding of Home Box Office, which later became known as HBO, in 1972 and the founding of Cablevision the following year. He also launched the American Movie Classics television station in 1984.
He was also founder and chairman emeritus of the Lustgarten Foundation in Uniondale, New York, which conducts pancreatic cancer research.
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Cablevision CEO Dr. William Baker, Catherine Williams and Charles Dolan attend the 2011 Center For Communications Luncheon at The Pierre Hotel on October 17, 2011 in New York City. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
In addition, he launched News 12 in New York Citythe first 24-hour local news cable channel in the United States
Dolan, a native of Cleveland whose primary home was in Cove Neck Village on Long Island in New York, also held controlling interests in companies that owned Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers. according to Newsday. .
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Neil Sedaka, Charles Dolan and Diana Feldman. (Getty Images/Getty Images)
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The cable TV pioneer is survived by six children, 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. His wife, Helen Ann Dolan, died last year.
The Wall Street Journal contributed to this report.
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2024-12-29 09:44:00
