Moonves Matriarch Josephine Has Died

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Josephine Schleifer Moonves, mother of CBS chairman/CEO Leslie Moonves, died July 15 in Santa Monica. She was 92.

Moonves had practiced nursing until she retired at age 70. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she married Herman Moonves, an Army veteran, in 1943 and raised their family in Valley Stream, N.Y. The couple had three sons: Leslie, Jonathan and Alan Moonves, and a daughter, Melissa. They moved to California in 1979.

Josephine is survived by eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made in her name to the Alliance for Children’s Rights, 3333 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90010.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.