Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire from his family’s drive-in movie chain, has died. He was 97.
Redstone built the company through aggressive acquisitions, but many headlines with his name focused on severed ties with wives, actors and executives. In multiple interviews, he said he’d never die.
His tight-fisted grip on the National Amusements theater chain, which controlled CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. through voting stock, was passed to his daughter Shari Redstone, who battled top executives to re-merge the two entities that split in 2006.
Hey, Murdochs. Please follow suit. ASAP…
He mailed in his ballot for Trump before he passed.
Sumner Redstone ? Trini Lopez passed away from COVID-19 complications at 83. I remember my older sister had a crush on him & listening to his 45s If I Had A Hammer & Lemon Tree… RIP.
He couldn’t communicate so his ipad was programmed to answer in three ways. Yes, no, and fuck you.
You can’t take it with you but you can leave a mess when you go. Good riddance.