The TV mogul also founded AMC and News 12, the first 24-hour cable channel for local news.

That’s what it became, and it didn’t take long for that to convert to HBO.

Everybody liked that name, and that was the beginning of it."

Charles Dolan, CEO of Cablevision attend the 2011 Center For Communications Luncheon at The Pierre Hotel on October 17, 2011 in New York City.

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He is survived by his six children, 19 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

His wife of 73 years, Helen Ann, died in August 2023 at 96.

Cablevision Systems Charles Dolan, 1998

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