Get the latest gossip
Gerald M. Levin Dies: Former Time Warner CEO Who Oversaw AOL Merger Was 84
Gerald M. Levin, the former CEO of Time Warner, died on Wednesday in Long Beach, CA. He was 84. His death was confirmed to The New York Times by his grandchild Jake Maia Arlow. Levin had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease but no details about his death were shared. Once described as one of the […]
Once described as one of the most powerful media executives in the world, Levin with Steve Case orchestrated the ruinous merger of AOL and Time Warner in 2000. “To make the connection between Parkinson’s and depression probably will have a substantial impact now where people will begin to see, without stigma and without mischaracterization, that this is a 24/7 kind of disease that affects your functions. That [Deadline article from 2014] was the first time that uniformly the reaction was I’d done something important, speaking about what it’s like internally to deal with Parkinson’s, and using Robin’s legacy as a way to illustrate how people should not be embarrassed.
Or read this on Deadline