CBS Executive Roger King Dies at 63
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LOS ANGELES — Roger King, the CBS and King World Productions executive who helped bring stars including Oprah Winfrey, Alex Trebek, and “Dr. Phil” McGraw to television, died Saturday of a stroke. He was 63.
King was stricken at his home in Boca Raton, Fla., on Friday and died the next day at a hospital, a CBS spokesman, Chris Ender, told the Associated Press. At the time of his death, King was chief executive officer of CBS Television Distribution. He joined the network in 2000 when King World Productions merged with CBS.
