caption death_date death_place children birth_place nationality birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
roberts in a 2000 interview 18 june 2015 philadelphia , pennsylvania , us catherine brian l. roberts douglas roberts -lrb- deceased -rrb- roberts lisa roberts ralph roberts , jr. . new york city , new york united states 13 march 1920 suzanne fleisher ralph j roberts 2000 interview.jpg ralph j. roberts
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ralph j. roberts

ralph joel roberts -lrb- march 13 , 1920june 18 , 2015 -rrb- was an american businessman and the co-founder of comcast and was its chief executive officer for 46 years .
in 2011 he served as founder and chairman emeritus of comcast 's board of directors until his death .
