CNN founder and cable news pioneer Ted Turner dead at 87

CNN founder and business mogul Ted Turner has died at age 87. Turner pioneered the media industry with the creation of a 24-hour cable news network in 1980. Turner revealed a diagnosis of Lewy body ...

CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87

Ted Turner, media mogul, philanthropist and founder of CNN, died at his home near Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday. He was 87. CNN first reported Turner’s death, citing a news release from Turner ...

CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87

Ted Turner could never be defined by just one role. He was a media mogul, philanthropist and conservationist. A yachtsman who won boating’s most famous race and owner of a baseball team that captured ...
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Ted Turner, Visionary CNN Founder and Jane Fonda’s Former Husband, Dies at 87

Ted Turner, the outspoken billionaire who transformed television news by launching CNN, has died at age 87. Turner died on Wednesday, May 6, according to a statement released by Turner Enterprises and ...

CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87—here’s the revolutionary legacy he leaves behind

The media maverick launched the first 24-hour news network and became a passionate philanthropist.

Ted Turner has died at 87. Photos show the CNN founder's career rise and life

Ted Turner, the founder of CNN and a pioneer of 24/7 news, has died at 87. See photos from the billionaire and media mogul's life, career, and legacy.
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CNN founder Ted Turner poured into decades of journalists through fellowship program

ATLANTA — CNN founder Ted Turner felt a calling to help unite journalists from around the world. That’s a mission he accomplished with a 22-year-old who was fresh out of college in 1996. Sonia Tucker ...

CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87

Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a ...

CNN founder Ted Turner dies

Ted Turner — the founder of CNN and a suite of other cable channels, not to mention a restaurant chain, anti-nuclear nonprofit and sports competition — has died.

Ted Turner, Founder of CNN and Television News Pioneer, Dies Aged 87

Ted Turner speaking at the 2nd Annual Social Good Summit in New York city on Sept. 19, 2011. Reporter Ted Turner, the man who transformed television news by founding CNN as the first 24-hour cable ...

CNN Founder Ted Turner Dead at 87

Ted Turner, the outspoken media pioneer who launched CNN and ushered in the era of 24-hour global news, died Wednesday at 87, according to Turner Enterprises. The Ohio-born Atlanta businessman built a ...

Ted Turner, outspoken founder of CNN, dies at 87

Ted Turner, the brash sportsman and entrepreneur whose ambition and instincts led to a media empire that included groundbreaking news network CNN, has died.