Mogul Ted Rogers dies in Toronto at 75

December 02, 2008 Ted Rogers, who transformed a single Toronto FM radio station into the North American broadcasting, publishing and telecoms conglomerate Rogers Communications, died Tuesday at his home in Toronto. Long listed as one of Canada's wealthiest people, Rogers was a highly regarded businessman, even by some of his fiercest rivals, and is seen as a radio and wireless telephone pioneer. The True Story of the Man Behind Rogers Communications, Rogers described the resistance he faced when he asked his board of directors to invest about CAN$500,000 ($403,000 in today's currency) in wireless technology in 1983.

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