Richard D. Parsons, whose humane approach to business made him a serial troubleshooter at distressed companies including Time Warner, CBS and Citigroup and a sought-after adviser at the highest echelons of American industry,

Richard Parsons, the Time Warner CEO from 2002-2007 who later became to interim chairman of CBS, died December 26, 2024 at age 76.

"The right guy in the right place at the right time," he steadied the ship after the ill-fated merger with AOL, then stepped in briefly for Leslie Moonves at CBS Corp.