Lowell "Uncle Bud" Paxson, founder of the Home Shopping Network passed away last week at the age of 79.
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While television had been used to sell merchandise in the past, prior to HSN's debut, no television network was solely devoted to it. Soon the network would become a mainstay of television, offering Capodimonte figurines and cubic zirconia jewelry at low, low prices.
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Mr. Paxson eventually sold HSN and started up the PAX Network, which was purchased by Universal Studios and became ION Television.