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Lin Bolen, Energetic Executive at NBC Who Broke a Glass Ceiling, Dies at 76

FILE -- Lin Bolen on the set of the soap opera “The Doctors,” in New York, Oct. 6, 1972. Bolen, who as the executive in charge of NBC’s daytime programming in the early 1970s was the highest-ranking woman in television, died on Jan. 18, 2018. Most online sources put her age at 76. (Jack Manning/The New York Times)