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Bill Rasmussen, founder of ESPN, dies at 93

Bill Rasmussen, whose vision and ambition fueled the 1979 launch of ESPN as the world's first 24-hour television network, died Tuesday. He was 93.

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Bill Rasmussen, a sports visionary who founded ESPN in 1979 with his son Scott as the world’s first 24-hour sports television network, died Tuesday at 93 of Parkinson’s disease at his home in Florida.

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Bill Rasmussen, ESPN’s Founder, Dies at 93

Bill Rasmussen, a former local-news sports director who parlayed an interest in the nascent business of satellite television into the launch of the sports-media giant known as ESPN, has died after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.

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Bill Rasmussen, Co-Founder of ESPN, Dies at 93

The former New England Whalers exec and his son came up with the idea for an all-sports network in 1978 while stuck in traffic.

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