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Ted Turner, the founder of CNN who popularized 24-hour news and built a vast media empire (TBS, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, sports teams) before turning to philanthropy, died at 87 after a Lewy body dementia diagnosis; his push for nonstop live coverage reshaped news consumption and global media, and his $1 billion pledge to the United Nations Foundation left a lasting philanthropic legacy.
Ted Turner, the pioneering founder of CNN and the force behind turning cable TV into a 24-hour news powerhouse, has died at 87. His death was announced by Turner Enterprises with no cause disclosed; Turner had previously revealed a Lewy body dementia diagnosis in 2018 and built a media empire that included CNN, TBS/TNT, MGM/UA, and other ventures before exiting some holdings in later years.
Ted Turner, the Georgia-born media mogul who launched CNN in 1980 and built a sprawling cable empire, died at 87 after a career that transformed real-time, around-the-clock news. He expanded from channels and sports franchises to CNN International and non-news networks, sold his empire to Time Warner, and became a major philanthropist with the United Nations Foundation and conservation efforts, while also weathering personal upheavals including a high-profile marriage to Jane Fonda and the AOL-Time Warner merger fallout.
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.