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Nonce Paolini, the former chairman and CEO of French broadcasting giant TF1 Group, died on July 17. He was 75.

According to the newspaper Le Monde, he died of cancer.

The influential exec rose through the ranks at TF1, France’s largest commercial network, to become CEO in 2007. He became chairman a year later. Paolini held the position until 2016, when he retired and was replaced by Giles Pélisson.