Roger Ailes Dead: FOX News Boss’ Disgraceful Final Days

Roger Ailes — caught up in a series of sex scandals at FOX News — has died at the age of 77, just ten months after being forced to resign as the network's CEO!

In a statement to the Drudge Report website, his wife Elizabeth Ailes (pictured) said: "I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning. Roger was a loving husband to me, to his son Zachary, and a loyal friend to many. He was also a patriot, profoundly grateful to live in a country that gave him so much opportunity to work hard, to rise—and to give back."

Ailes' history of sexual harassment at FOX News — with more shocking revelations in the new issue of The National ENQUIRER — was exposed after a bombshell lawsuit was filed by FOX News star Gretchen Carlson, who charged that many of her fellow FOX employees had thrived by sleeping with the FOX News boss. That inspired other angry ex-employees to speak out with shocking claims!

Former ENQUIRER reporter Shelley Ross recounted a 1981 encounter while he was producer for NBC's "Tomorrow Show" — claiming that she was about to join the program as a segment producer when Ailes invited her to lunch, asking: “When did you first discover you were sexy?” A lawyer for Fox News' host Andrea Tantaros stepped forward with claims that his client made frequent allegations against Ailes — including a request that Andrea present “the twirl” so that he could ogle her curves!

Andrea said that she was pulled from hosting duties after rejecting Ailes' attention . In February 2015, according to her attorney, Ailes once again went after Andrea with lines about how the FOX boss imagined that she would “really look good in a bikini.” And in the most shocking charges yet, Laurie Luhn — who worked in several positions for FOX — claimed that Ailes turned her into a sex slave!

Laurie said that her $3.15 million settlement with the network was compensation for 20 years of sexually servicing Ailes. She added that she was speaking out despite a non-disclosure agreement, saying that Ailes used video of her dancing in a garter belt to turn her into his mistress! In a statement that helped to ruin Ailes' reputation in the news industry, Laurie said that he used her strictly for sexual servicing: "It was always the on-my-knees, hold-my-temples routine. There was no affair, no sex, no love."