Bush credited Ailes with helping him win the White House and acknowledged his friend wasnt perfect.
A brilliant broadcaster, Roger played a huge role in shaping Americas media over the last thirty years.
Roger and I shared a big idea which he executed in a way no one else could have.
In addition, Roger was a great patriot who never ceased fighting for his beliefs.
At 21st Century Fox we will always be enormously grateful for the great business he built.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Elizabeth and son Zachary.
In a lengthy series of tweets, Hannity wrote, Today America lost one of its great patriotic warriors.
For Decades RAs has impacted American politics and media.
He has dramatically and forever changed the political and the media landscape singlehandedly for the better.
Neither will ever be the same again as he was a true American original.
The tweets continued on you’re free to read themhere.
Others, however, recognized some of the controversy surrounding Ailes.
Nonetheless, Fox News started an in-house investigation.
Read the tributes and other reactions to Ailes death below:
