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The Braves’ Ted Turner and Bobby Cox left an unmatched Atlanta legacy: Turner kept the team in town and built its national profile, while Cox delivered 14 straight division titles and the 1995 World Series under a people-first approach that reshaped the franchise.
A 1982 encounter with Ted Turner, the CNN founder, taught the author to craft a bold, future-focused vision, use storytelling to rally a team, and stay disciplined toward long-term goals rather than chasing short-term wins, shaping his approach to building media ventures.
Ted Turner, the CNN founder and ardent conservationist who owned about 2 million acres, including the Flying D Ranch near Bozeman, died at 87 in Florida; his life blended media influence with large-scale land preservation—restoring wildlife, promoting conservation easements, and supporting global humanitarian work—leaving a lasting impact on Montana’s landscape even as some locals question access to his lands.
Ted Turner secretly commissioned a chilling doomsday video to air only if civilization ended, featuring military bands playing 'Nearer, My God, to Thee' outside CNN's Atlanta HQ. Turner insisted CNN would stay on air until the world ends, and the video was buried in CNN’s archives until a 2015 leak; it resurfaced as tributes poured in after his death at 87, highlighting his role in launching CNN and building a media empire.
The piece memorializes Ted Turner—CNN founder and longtime owner of the Atlanta Braves and Hawks—while recalling a controversial aspect of his past: hosting wet‑T‑shirt contests during college nights after Braves games and briefly managing the Braves in 1977, framed as part of a larger legacy that includes turning the TBS superstation and shaping modern media and sports.”,
Ted Turner, the Atlanta media mogul and former Braves owner, died at 87 after being diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2018. Lewy body dementia is a progressive brain disease caused by Lewy bodies that affect thinking, memory and movement and can include Parkinson-like symptoms; Turner publicly discussed his diagnosis. The condition affects over 1 million Americans and typically lasts about 5–7 years from diagnosis to death, though it can range from two to 20 years; the official cause of death has not been released.
Ted Turner, a brash American media mogul who launched CNN in 1980 and transformed news with 24-hour programming, died at 87. He built a global media empire, owned the Atlanta Braves, accumulated millions of acres of land, and donated billions to United Nations charities, while also courting controversy with his outspoken persona. Turner’s legacy includes reshaping how audiences consume news, expanding cable networks, and funding humanitarian causes, though he later faced health issues and saw CNN evolve in a changing media landscape.
Ted Turner, founder of CNN and Turner Broadcasting, died at 87 after turning a struggling Atlanta station into a global media empire that included CNN, TBS, TNT, and Turner Classic Movies; he owned the Atlanta Braves and Hawks, supported the Goodwill Games and conservation efforts, and later faced Lewy body dementia.
Ted Turner, the mercurial media magnate who built CNN and a cable-television empire anchored by TBS, died at his home near Tallahassee at age 87. His expansive legacy spanned conservation, philanthropy and professional sports, and his bravado earned him the nickname “Mouth of the South.” Turner’s influence helped redefine 24‑hour news and cable networks, and he disclosed in 2018 that he had Lewy body dementia.
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.