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HBO Founder Charles Dolan Dead at 98
He was one of the first visionaries to create a premium cable channel.
Charles Dolan, founder of HBO, AMC, and more, died at the age of 98 of natural causes, reports Newsday, an outlet the family owned. “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 confirmed in a statement on Saturday. In the 1970s, he founded HBO (Home Box Office), a new cable channel that, for a premium fee, would offer viewers unedited movies without advertisements or commercials.
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