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 Dolan, then-chairman of Cablevision Systems Corp., speaking to the Long Island Association and business community at a catering hall in Woodbury, New York on June 12, 1997.

Key Background Born in Cleveland in 1926, Charles Dolan moved with his wife Helen to New York City in the early 1950s to work for a television news service. Dolan grew his initial fortune by ...

Charles F. Dolan, who founded HBO, merged a group of small Long Island cable TV systems into a network he called Cablevision and amassed a fortune building an innovative communications ...

Dolan’s ownership also extended to Radio City Music Hall, and to Long Island-focused daily newspaper Newsday. But, he began his career in the 1950s, when cable television was in its embryonic stage.

Business Nation & World Obituaries Technology Charles Dolan, cablevision founder who sat atop a media empire, dies at 98 Dec. 30, 2024 at 5:35 am Updated Dec. 30, 2024 at 6:35 am ...

Charles Francis Dolan was born in Cleveland on Oct. 16, 1926. His father was “sort of a self-educated mechanical inventor,” in Mr. Dolan’s words, patenting an anti-theft device for automobiles.

But Patrick Dolan, one of Charles’ sons, purchased Newsday Media Group back in later years. Another son, James L. Dolan, served as CEO of Cablevision from 1995 until 2016, when the company was sold.

Charles Dolan speaks at a press conference at Madison Square Garden on March 7, 1997. 3.9.97 Dolan’s career began in New York City in 1952 when he was just 26 years old.

Charles F.Dolan, whose primary home was in Cove Neck Village on Long Island in New York, also held controlling stakes in companies that owned Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and the ...

Charles Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including New York-based Cablevision and HBO, has died at age 98.