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Article: Brazilian Media Mogul Marinho Dies at 98
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- August 7, 2003
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Dateline: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
Roberto Marinho, who turned his father's newspaper into a media empire
and became one of Brazil's richest men, died Wednesday. He was 98.
Marinho died in Rio's Samaritano Hospital, where had been taken earlier
in the day, according to his Globo TV network.
Marinho founded Organizacoes Globo, which included television, cable,
pay television and print media outlets. Among his holdings were Brazil'
s third-largest newspaper, O Globo, a network of radio stations, the
Editora Globo publishing house and recording labels.
Marinho also controlled other companies grouped under Globo Comunicacoes
e Participacoes, or Globopar, of which he was ...