Thomas Murphy (broadcasting)
(1925-2022)
American broadcast executive
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Thomas Sawyer Murphy (May 31, 1925 – May 25, 2022) was an American broadcast executive, and was chair and chief executive officer of Capital Cities / ABC, Inc. until 1996. Together with fellow Capital Cities executive Daniel Burke, Murphy engineered the 1986 acquisition of the American Broadcasting Company in 1986 for $3.5 billion. Murphy and Burke, who served as President and Chief Executive of ABC until 1994, are credited with increasing the profitability and efficiency of ABC.
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31 May 1925
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| Died |
25 May 2022 (aged 96)
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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