Former CBS head Laurence A. Tisch dies at 80 - USA Today
NEW YORK (AP) — Laurence A. Tisch, the Loews Corp. co-founder who also spent nine tumultuous years as head of CBS, died Saturday. He was 80. Tisch, a self-made billionaire whose financial empire began with a single New Jersey resort, was suffering from cancer, said Candace Leeds, a Loews spokeswoman. At Loews, Tisch oversaw a financial corporation with assets of over $70 billion, including a hotel chain, a tobacco company, an insurance firm and an offshore drilling company.
