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.

Billionaire Charles Dolan, a trailblazer in bringing cable television to a large part of the US who created what became HBO, has died at age 98. He was also the head of a family with an "empire" of media and sports properties that includes Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks and Rangers teams, and AMC Networks. BBC America is a part of AMC.

Charles Dolan, a media pioneer who founded Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died. He was 98. Dolan’s family confirmed in a statement to Newsday that he died of natural causes, surrounded by loved ones.