AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Bill Rasmussen, the man who built ESPN from a credit card and a traffic jam, dead at 93
Bill Rasmussen, who co-founded ESPN with his son and a $9,000 credit card advance after getting fired from a hockey job, died at 93 from complications of Parkinson's disease, leaving behind a network now valued at $30 billion. Rasmussen died at his home in Land O' Lakes, Florida, The Hollywood Reporter reported. He had been […] The post Bill Rasmussen, the man who built ESPN from a credit card and a traffic jam, dead at 93 appeared first on American Almanac .
Bill Rasmussen, who co-founded ESPN with his son and a $9,000 credit card advance after getting fired from a hockey job, died at 93 from complications of Parkinson's disease, leaving behind a network now valued at $30 billion. Rasmussen died at his home in Land O' Lakes, Florida, The Hollywood Reporter reported . He had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in July 2019, and the disease ultimately took his life. His family asked that memorial donations go to the American Parkinson Disease Association. ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro issued a statement calling Rasmussen "a remarkable man, a visionary and an innovator who conceived the idea of a network entirely devoted to sports." Pitaro added that the company culture Rasmussen built in the…Open