Daniel Burke, Former CEO of ABC, Dead at 82
Daniel Burke, who helped engineer a stunning acquisition of ABC in the 1980s and eventually became the president and CEO of Capital Cities/ABC Inc., died Wednesday at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 82.
Daniel Burke, who helped engineer a stunning acquisition of ABC in the 1980s and eventually became the president and CEO of Capital Cities/ABC Inc., died Wednesday at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 82.
Burke became executive vice president the media company Capital Cities in 1967, and rose through the ranks until 1986, when it acquired ABC. He served as president and CEO of Capital Cities/ABC from 1990 to 1994. In 1996, Capital Cities/ABC was sold to the Walt Disney Co.