Richard O'Brien, pioneering Fox News creative director, dies at 60
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Richard O'Brien, the creative director whose pioneering work helped build Fox News into America's most watched and most trusted cable news channel, died over the weekend.
O’Brien, a senior vice president at Fox News, played a key role in designing the look of the network from the time it was a fledging cable channel in 1996 through its unparalleled success over the next two decades.
Jon Scott, host of Fox News Channel's "Happening Now," called O'Brien's work “groundbreaking.”
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“He literally changed the look of TV on this network and our competitors changed to try and catch up,” Scott said Monday.
A Connecticut native, O'Brien got his start on CNBC and went on to help create "America’s Talking," which later became MSNBC.
At Fox, he was known for his diligence and creativity.
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“For 20 years Rich was at his desk here before 6 a.m. even after an hour-long train ride from his home in Connecticut,” Scott said.
O’Brien died a week before he would have turned 61. He is survived by his wife, Karen, and a son and daughter.