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Real-life “Succession”: Jim Stewart on Sumner Redstone’s sordid saga

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Is Someone Mentally Competent?

There's no question that Redstone was in both mental and physical decline late in his life. We did gain access to confidential medical evaluation of him, which for people who knew him at his peak, is sad to read. One of the things I found striking is that here he's a billionaire immensely powerful. But when you're that rich, they're all maneuvering to get a piece of it.

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