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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sumner_RedstoneSumner Redstone - Wikipedia

    Sumner Murray Redstone ( né Rothstein; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate.

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  3. www.nytimes.com › 2020/08/12 › obituariesSumner Redstone Dies at 97; Built Media Empire and Long Reigned...

    Aug 12, 2020 · Sumner M. Redstone, the billionaire entrepreneur who saw business as combat and his advancing years as no obstacle in building a media empire that encompassed CBS and Viacom, died on Tuesday at...

  4. www.forbes.com › profile › sumner-redstoneSumner Redstone - Forbes

    Apr 7, 2020 · Sumner Redstone the controlling shareholder of ViacomCBS, died at age 97 in August 2020. Redstone's father founded the cinema chain now known as National Amusements in 1936; Redstone took...

  5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › entertainment-arts-53754254Sumner Redstone: US media mogul dies aged 97 - BBC News

    Aug 12, 2020 · A former lawyer and Harvard University graduate, Sumner Redstone once survived a hotel fire by hanging from the ledge of his third floor hotel-room window, and then later beat prostate cancer.

  6. www.wsj.com › articles › sumner-redstone-media-mogul-diesSumner Redstone Dies at 97; Media Mogul Who Said ‘Content Is...

    Aug 12, 2020 · Sumner Redstone, who turned his family’s movie-theater company into a global media empire spanning television, movies, radio and books, has died.

  7. www.npr.org › 2020/08/12 › 375143072Media Titan Sumner Redstone, Who Made Viacom A Global Empire ......

    Aug 12, 2020 · Media titan Sumner Redstone, who built the company Viacom into a global empire, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 97. Through shrewd investing and strategic deal-making, Redstone...

  8. variety.com › 2020 › tvSumner Redstone, Towering Media Mogul Who Helped Shape Modern ......

    Aug 12, 2020 · Sumner Redstone, a towering figure in media who built his father’s drive-in theater business into an empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS Corp., died Aug. 11 at his home in...