Jack Reilly, the highly respected, veteran television producer who created several of CNBC's signature programs, died Wednesday morning in a New York City hospital at the age of 84. The cause of death was not immediately known.
As Vice President and Managing Editor of CNBC Business News from 1994 to 1998, Reilly launched two innovative and influential programs, "Squawk Box" and "Power Lunch." His initiative to have Maria Bartiromo report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange gave Americans their first close-up look at Wall Street in action.
Jack Reilly helped make ABC's "Good Morning America" the nation's top-rated morning television program when he served as its executive producer from 1986 to 1994. In the early 1980s, he developed the concept and format of the popular syndicated program "Entertainment Tonight."
Jack Reilly was president of Group W Productions from 1972 to 1975. He was executive producer for both "The Mike Douglas Show" and the "David Frost Show" for Group W in the 70s.
As "Good Morning America's" host, ABC's Charlie Gibson worked closely with Jack Reilly. In a note to the network's employees, Gibson wrote, "Jack was one of the finest people I ever had the good fortune to work with and for. Modest, shy, self-effacing, not an ounce of inflated ego, and yet a cracker jack producer who understood when he should intrude, and when to stand back and let others do their work. I think all of us loved the guy almost in spite of his reluctance to be loved."
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