Ted Turner, Architect of 24-Hour News, Dies at 87

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Ted Turner, the entrepreneur who launched CNN as the world's first 24-hour news channel and built a sprawling media empire including WTBS, TNT, TCM and Cartoon Network, died at 87. A philanthropist who funded the United Nations Foundation and conservation efforts, his life also featured high-profile romance with Jane Fonda and a turbulent AOL-Time Warner merger.
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