Obituary
Joe Clayton, 69, for many years the industry face and voice of the RCA brand and later CEO at Frontier Communications, Sirius Satellite Radio and Dish Network, died Saturday from complications of pancreatic cancer. CTA, which Clayton chaired during the…
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mid-1990s, hailed him Sunday as a direct broadcast satellite “pioneer” for his role in launching RCA Digital Satellite Service receivers with DirecTV in 1994. Survivors include his wife, five children and four grandchildren. A calling is scheduled for 3-8 p.m. Thursday at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Clayton’s alma mater. A viewing is planned for 9 a.m. Friday at Barlowe Funeral Home in Bardstown, Kentucky, and an 11 a.m. funeral mass will be at the Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral in Bardstown.