Sumner Redstone, the hard-charging ... Sumner Murray Rothstein was born on May 27, 1923, and raised in a lower-class section of Boston, where his father worked as a linoleum salesman.

Redstone was born in a Boston tenement to a father who changed the family name from Rothstein to Redstone and built a regional movie-theater chain.

Redstone’s name at the time of his birth in 1923 was Sumner Rothstein, but in 1940 he convinced his father to change the family name to Redstone, a literal translation of Rothstein.

A judge grants a motion by his former companion to have the 92-year-old's mental condition reviewed by a doctor. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Redstone was born in a Boston tenement ...

Sources say that the mogul's mind remains sharp but that he is dealing with mobility issues in line with his age. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor Redstone was born in a Boston tenement to a ...

The Viacom executive chairman's mental competency is being challenged in an explosive probate case. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Redstone was born in a Boston tenement to a father ...

Sumner Redstone’s Ex-Companion Was Set to Inherit $50 ... Redstone was born in a Boston tenement to a father who changed the family name from Rothstein to Redstone and built a regional movie ...

But Grey, summoned to Redstone’s home soon after Viacom’s Feb. 23 revelation of the planned sale, later said to several people that Redstone had declared, “I don’t want to sell Paramount.” ...

Keryn Redstone asked the court to become a co-petitioner along with her grandfather's ex-companion Manuela Herzer and submitted a declaration supporting her claims.

Redstone could be testifying at a trial scheduled for May. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Redstone was born in a Boston tenement to a father who changed the family name from ...

Sumner Redstone, a media titan and billionaire who, as chairman of Viacom and National Amusements, drew headlines both for his deal-making as well as his turbulent personal life, died on Tuesday.