Chuck Dolan was not only an exceptional man, he was possibly the the oldest and richest Irishman and media mogul in America.
Dolan hired me to build and launch New York City. News 12 The Bronx, which he agreed would reflect the community we were built to serve. He was a good man. I wish I could say the same about his offspring.
He was 98-years-old and the founding father of HBO, owned Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and a couple New York Sports franchises.
According to published reports, Dolan, 98, died of natural causes while surrounded by loved ones, his family said in a statement to Newsday, an outlet owned by Charles’ son Patrick, who was my direct supervisor.
The Dolan family said he will be remembered as a “trailblazer in the television industry” and a “devoted family man,” and is survived by six children, 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, Newsday reported.
It’s not immediately clear where Dolan was at the time of his death, though Charles Dolan primarily lived in Oyster Bay on Long Island in New York.
The Cleveland native and film projectionist dropped out of John Carroll University, and went on to sell of Cablevision to Altice, a European telecommunications and cable company, for $17.7 billion in June 2016.
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