NEW YORK—Roger Ailes, former chief executive of Fox News Channel, has died, a source told Reuters on Thursday.
Ailes resigned from Fox News last July following allegations of sexual harassment, marking an abrupt end to his 20-year reign over America’s most powerful cable news channel for conservatives.
Ailes was 77, according to the website of Fox News, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.
Ailes’ widow, Elizabeth Ailes, confirmed his death in a statement on the Fox News website.
Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes during a panel session titled "Democracy and the Media: Are They Compatible?" at the 2005 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., on April 19, 2005. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
