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Billionaire media mogul Sumner Redstone dead at 97: ViacomCBS titan who 'demanded daily diet of steak and sex' into his 90s and fought bitter public battles with family and jilted younger lovers passes away leaving $3 billion fortune

Sumner M. Redstone died on Tuesday, his family company National Amusements confirmed

Redstone was a media mogul who built his movie theater company into a global empire

He controlled about 80% of the voting stock of the merged ViacomCBS and was worth $3 billion

His jilted ex-girlfriend's lawsuit in 2015 threatened his family's financial legacy

Redstone's daughter Shari Redstone emerged victorious in battle to merge Viacom and CBS

The bulk of Redstone's fortune will reportedly be split between his descendants and his first wife

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8619545/Media-magnate-Sumner-Redstone-former-chairman-CBS-Viacom-dies-97.html