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Cops: Roger Ailes Took Nasty Fall Week Before Death

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Ex-Fox News CEO died Thursday morning.

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Palm Beach police officials said Thursday morning that local fire-rescue crews were summoned to Roger Ailes's home last week after he reportedly fell and hit his head in a bathroom—one week before he passed away. The Palm Beach Post reported that the call to an emergency dispatcher reported "serious bleeding" from the incident. The 77-year-old former Fox News CEO died Thursday morning, according to his wife Elizabeth Ailes.

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