What is Sumner Redstone?
[[File:Sumner Redstone.jpg|right|200px]] '''Sumner Murray Redstone''' (born '''Sumner Murray Rothstein'''; May 27, 1923 &ndash; August 11, 2020) was an American businessman and [[Business magnate|media magnate]]. He was the [[majority owner]] and [[Chairman|chairman of the board]] of the [[National Amusements]] theater chain. Redstone and his family are majority owners of [[CBS Corporation]] and [[Viacom]] (itself the parent company of [[Viacom Media Networks]], [[BET Networks]], and the movie studio [[Paramount Pictures]]).<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E0D61738F935A35757C0A9659C8B63 Weddings/Celebrations: Paula Fortunato, Sumner M. Redstone], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 6, 2003</ref> According to ''[[Forbes]]'', as of September 2015, he was worth US$5 billion. Redstone was formerly the [[executive chairman]] of both CBS and Viacom. In February 2016, at the age of 92, a week after a court-ordered examination by a [[Geriatric psychiatry|geriatric psychiatrist]], Redstone resigned both chairmanships, replaced by [[Leslie Moonves]] at CBS and [[Philippe Dauman]] at Viacom. Redstone then became chairman emeritus.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Lane |date=July 22, 2010 |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/07/sumner_redstone_delighted_to_b.html |title=Sumner Redstone Delighted to Be Accused of Bribery |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> Redstone was born in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. He studied at [[Harvard College]] and at [[Georgetown University]]. He was married to Phyllis Raphael from 1947 until they divorced in 1999. He then was married to Paula Fortunato from 2002 until they divorced in 2009. He had two children: [[Brent Redstone|Brent]] and [[Shari Redstone|Shari]]. Redstone died on August 11, 2020 at his [[mansion]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]] at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sumner-redstone-dead-cbs-viacom-media-mogul-was-97-622455|title=Sumner Redstone, Tenacious Media M