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Bill Rasmussen, ESPN co-founder and sports TV pioneer, dies at 93

The Independent World · 18 August 2026 at 18:52

Bill Rasmussen, ESPN co-founder and sports TV pioneer, dies at 93

Rasmussen revealed in 2019 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2014

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