Ted Turner, CNN Founder and Cable TV Pioneer, Dies at 87
CNN said Turner, who built the first 24-hour cable news channel, died at 87 after reshaping television, sports and philanthropy.
- On Wednesday, media tycoon and Cable News Network founder Ted Turner died at 87, with his death reported by CNN citing a Turner Enterprises news release.
- Turner revolutionized the industry by launching the first 24-hour news channel in 1980, building Turner Broadcasting System Inc. into a behemoth with the "superstation" concept and channels like TBS.
- Beyond media, Turner purchased the Atlanta Braves and acquired MGM/UA Entertainment Co., gaining a library of more than 4,000 movies, while donating $1 billion to the United Nations.
- In 2018, Turner announced a diagnosis of Lewy body dementia, describing it as a "mild case" of Alzheimer's, following his 2001 divorce from Oscar-winning actor Jane Fonda.
- Known as a self-described "do-gooder," Turner published his autobiography, "Call Me Ted," in 2008, famously stating, "I say what comes to my mind.
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Ted Turner, U.S. media mogul and founder of the news channel CNN, died on Wednesday at the age of 87. He suffered for many years from Lewy-Body-Dementia, a progressive brain disease. Turner's rise began already in the 1970s with the triumphant train of cable television and his channel TBS. In 1980 he founded the Cable News Network, whose abbreviation CNN became the epitome of news television and is now known all over the world. "We will only shu…
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CNN mogul and founder Ted Turner dead at 87
Ted Turner, the media mogul who founded CNN and presided over the outlet at it reshaped the cable news business, died on Wednesday at the age of 87. Turner began his career in the media business as an account executive with Turner Advertising Company in the 1970s and launched CNN in June of 1980. Regarded…
On Wednesday, the American news channel announced the death of the media magnate who had founded CNN in 1980.
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