CBS Founder Paley Critically Ill
Associated Press
NEW YORK —
William Paley, the 86-year-old founder and chairman of CBS, is critically ill with lung and kidney failure at a hospital, a week after undergoing emergency surgery, the hospital said today.
“He remains critically ill in the (intensive care unit),” said Elizabeth Erlanger, a spokeswoman for New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. On Sunday, a hospital administrator had reported Paley in satisfactory condition, but Erlanger said he had been in critical condition since gallbladder surgery Feb. 11.
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