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CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87
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Ted Turner: Media Visionary and Global PhilanthropistFounder of CNN in 1980, Turner pioneered 24/7 news and donated $1 billion to the United Nations over 18 years.
- Ted Turner transformed television news by launching CNN, the world’s first continuous 24-hour news channel.
- His media empire included TBS, sports franchises, and several popular cable networks for movies and cartoons.
- Turner was a committed philanthropist who established the United Nations Foundation and promoted environmental causes.
- He battled Lewy body dementia in later years and died peacefully at age 87, survived by his large family.
Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgement," Mark Thompson, Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, said in a statement. "He was and always will be the presiding spirit of CNN. Ted is the giant on whose shoulders we stand, and we will all take a moment today to recognize him and his impact on our lives and the world."— Mark Thompson, Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, in a statement accompanying CNN's obituary coverage of Ted Turner's death.
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