ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen died Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the age of 93 from complications of Parkinson's disease.

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Yahoo Sports
ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen died Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the age of 93 from complications of Parkinson's disease.
The Athletic center
Bill Rasmussen, the founder of ESPN and innovator of around-the-clock sports television, died Tuesday at the age of 93, the network announced. The company said he died from the effects of Parkinson’s disease.
Variety
Bill Rasmussen, a former local-news sports director who parlayed an interest in the nascent business of satellite television into the launch of the sports-media giant known as ESPN, has died after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. The entrepreneur and founder was 93 years old. Rasmussen in 1978 was idling in traffic on Connecticut’s Interstate 84 […]
Sporting News
Rasmussen, a sports enthusiast-turned-television executive, is credited with creating ESPN.
Deadline
Bill Rasmussen, a sports visionary who founded ESPN in 1979 with his son Scott as the world’s first 24-hour sports television network, died Tuesday at 93 of Parkinson’s disease at his home in Florida. Shrugging off skeptics, the pioneering Rasmussen – after being fired as communications director of the New England Whalers — acquired space […]
The New York Times left
From @theathletic.com: Bill Rasmussen, the founder of ESPN, has died at 93. The company said he died from the effects of Parkinson’s disease.
Fox News right
Chris Berman calls Bill Rasmussen "our George Washington" after the visionary ESPN founder passed away at 93 from the effects of Parkinson's disease.
CNBC left
ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93 from the effects of Parkinson’s disease
PBS center
ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93