Roger Ailes, a co-founder of Fox News and longtime confidant of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has died, the network announced.
The network's hosts struggled to hold back tears as they read a statement from Ailes' wife Elizabeth announcing his death at the age of 77.
Ailes, who had been a consultant to Republican presidents, was ousted from the network last year under the cloud of a series of sexual harassment allegations.
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