O'Reilly, who drops out of this year's MediaGuardian 100, had been expected to pass on control of the company to his son, Gavin.
Julio Gallo died in 1993, and Ernest Gallo, 91, has passed on control of the company to granddaughter Gina Gallo.
"The sale of Ragdoll Worldwide will procure future growth for Ragdoll Productions and, with the passing of creative control for the future development of our catalogue... we are confident of their continued success for many years to come," she said.
Some conspiracy theorists are even suggesting that the US government is behind a culling of pro-gun leaders to make it easier for the dreaded Illuminati to implement martial law after the inevitable passing of gun control laws.
And fighting is just as obviously the chief symptom of a culture of violence that has passed out of control.
With the passing of the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, the Drug Enforcement Agency has listed LSD, psilocybin and other psychedelic drugs as Schedule I substances, meaning that they were deemed to have no medical value and high risk for abuse.
Out-of control passes like this are much less accurate.
During the second pass of quality control each image is inspected for: image consistency from operator to operator and image to image, skew and other anomalies.
The first half was about us playing our game – the speed of our passing and control of the game – and the second was more about fighting.
The hole is the hypoglossal canal through which nerve fibers from the brain pass to control muscles of the tongue.
