The Canadian Press Published Saturday, June 11, 2022 4:21 PM EDT Last Updated on Saturday, June 11, 2022 4:21 PM EDT
VANCOUVER – Loretta Rogers, the matriarch of the Rogers family and longtime director of telecommunications giant Rogers Communications Inc., has died at the age of 83.
Her daughter Martha Rogers confirmed her death in a tweet on Saturday, calling her mother “a beautiful soul” who “had incredible strength.”
Loretta Rogers was the widow of the company’s founder, Ted Rogers, who died in 2008, and served as a director on the board.
He was one of several family members at the center of a struggle for control of the company last fall that began when his son Edward Rogers, the company’s president, tried to fire his CEO.
She and two of her daughters, who are also board members, opposed the move, saying it was against the company’s governance practices.
But Edward Rogers went ahead with his plans after a BC court asserted his right to do so.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on June 11, 2022.