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- ABC News
- May 18, 2017
Former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes is dead
Ailes was pushed out of Fox News last summer.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle, a co-host of Fox News' \"The Five,\" called Ailes a \"friend and mentor.\"
RIP #RogerAiles sending my love and prayers to Beth & Zachary. Roger was a friend and a mentor to so many of us @FoxNews he will be missed
— Kimberly Guilfoyle (@kimguilfoyle) May 18, 2017
Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham also posted about Ailes.
Roger Ailes founded one of the most important and successful media outlets in American history. I will miss his friendship dearly. RIP.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) May 18, 2017
Ailes was born in Warren, Ohio, and studied radio and television production at Ohio University, according to Fox News.
After graduating in 1962, he started working on the \"The Mike Douglas Show,\" which gave him \"a keen eye for production,\" according to David Folkenflik, NPR's media correspondent and the author of \"Murdoch's World: The Last of the Old Media Empires,\" about 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News. Ailes went into politics after meeting President Richard Nixon, who made an appearance on \"The Mike Douglas Show\" in 1967, according to Fox News.
Ailes went on to advise President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and then–Vice President George H.W. Bush in 1988 for their election campaigns, according to Folkenflik.
In 1996, Ailes helped launch Fox News, which dramatically changed the media landscape. However, last summer he left the channel after former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson accused him of sexual harassment in a lawsuit. Other women at Fox News, including former host Megyn Kelly, have said that Ailes sexually harassed them during his tenure at the cable news channel.
Shortly after his resignation, he reportedly returned to politics. Sources told ABC News he was advising Donald Trump during his preparation for the presidential debates, although Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks denied Ailes' involvement at the time.
\"He is not advising Mr. Trump or helping with debate prep. They are longtime friends, but he has no formal or informal role in the campaign,\" she told ABC News in a statement last August.
Ailes is survived by Elizabeth Ailes and their 17-year-old son, Zachary.
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.
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