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Charles Dolan, a soft-spoken media mogul who founded HBO and amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune through Cablevision, the small suburban cable company that he grew into a colossus of New York ...

Dolan's legacy in cable broadcasting includes the 1972 launch of Home Box Office, later known as HBO, and founding Cablevision in 1973 and the American Movie Classics television station in 1984.

Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98.

As philanthropists, Charles and Helen Dolan were strong supporters of the pancreatic cancer-fighting Lustgarten Foundation, named for a top Cablevision executive who died from the disease in 1998.

Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98, according to a news report.