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Billionaire Media Mogul Sumner Redstone Dead at 97

‘EXTRAORDINARY LIFE’

ViacomCBS chief had an estimated fortune of $3 billion at the time of his death.

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Sumner Redstone—the billionaire media mogul whose empire stretched over CBS and Viacom—has died at the age of 97. Redstone controlled around 80 percent of the voting stock of Viacom and CBS through his private holding company, National Amusements, and had an estimated fortune of $3 billion, according

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