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  1. www.nbcnews.com › business › business-newsHasbro CEO Brian Goldner has died, just two days after taking ...

    Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner has died, the toy and entertainment company announced Tuesday, just two days after Goldner stepped down to take medical leave. Goldner, 58, disclosed last year that...

  2. www.hollywoodreporter.com › business › business-newsBrian Goldner Dead: Hasbro CEO Was 58 - The Hollywood Reporter

    Oct 12, 2021 · Brian Goldner, the CEO of toymaker Hasbro, has died at age 58, the company said Tuesday. A cause of death was not disclosed, though he had told shareholders that he had been receiving treatment...

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  3. www.independent.co.uk › news › worldHasbro CEO Brian Goldner dies two days after going on medical ...

    Oct 13, 2021 · While the company did not give a cause of death, Goldner, who served as the CEO of Hasbro since 2008, disclosed last August that he had been undergoing cancer treatment for six years.

    • Namita Singh

  4. www.yahoo.com › news › hasbro-ceo-chairman-brianBrian Goldner, who led transformation at Hasbro, dies at 58

    Oct 12, 2021 · NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Goldner, who as CEO and chairman spearheaded Hasbro’s transformation from a toy company to an entertainment force, has died. He was 58. The announcement Tuesday came two...

  5. www.ign.com › articles › hasbro-ceo-brian-goldnerBrian Goldner, the Hasbro CEO Who Spearheaded the ... - IGN

    • Goldner is credited with moving Hasbro beyond toys and into movies, video games, and more.
    • Hasbro's Droids Figures Are a Blast From Star Wars' Past

    By Petey Oneto

    Updated: Oct 13, 2021 12:20 am

    Posted: Oct 13, 2021 12:13 am

    Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner, who ushered the company's arrival into live-action blockbusters, has died. He was 58 years old.

    Hasbro made the announcement in a press release on Tuesday. Variety reports that Goldner was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014. On Sunday, Goldner resigned from Hasbro to focus on his health.

    "After careful consideration, I have decided to take a medical leave to focus on my health,” Goldner said in a statement released on Sunday, according to Variety. "I feel confident knowing the Company will be in the skilled hands of Rich Stoddart as Interim CEO, our highly experienced management team and the best employees in the business."

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    The next movie to be released based on a Hasbro property is Transformers: Rise of the Beasts in June 2022. After that, a Dungeons & Dragons movie will be released in theaters in March 2023.

    Rise of the Beasts will introduce the Beast Wars to the Transformers movie franchise with Ron Perlman announced as playing Optimus Primal.

    IGN recently talked to Paul Palmer, Hasbro's Star Wars brand manager, about Hasbro's big bet acquiring the rights to Star Wars: Episode I toys.

    Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.

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  6. www.cbsnews.com › news › hasbro-toys-ceo-brianBrian Goldner, CEO who transformed Hasbro toy company, dies ...

    Oct 13, 2021 · Brian Goldner, who as CEO and chairman spearheaded Hasbro's transformation from a toy company to an entertainment force, has died. He was 58.

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  8. www.seattletimes.com › business › hasbro-ceoBrian Goldner, who led transformation a Hasbro, dies at 58

    Oct 12, 2021 · NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Goldner, who as CEO and chairman spearheaded Hasbro’s transformation from a toy company to an entertainment force, has died. He was 58. The announcement Tuesday came two...