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Ted Turner, CNN founder who reshaped global news, dies aged 87
The death of the media mogul who transformed TV news was confirmed by his family and reported by CNN
TL;DR
- Ted Turner, founder of CNN, died at 87.
- He transformed television news by launching CNN.
- Turner was also a philanthropist, founding the United Nations Foundation and donating $1 billion to the UN.
- He established the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a global security organization.
- In 1991, he was named Time magazine's Man of the Year.
- Turner sold his media company, Turner Broadcasting System, to Time Warner Inc. in the 1990s.
- He announced his diagnosis of Lewy body dementia in 2018.
- Turner is survived by five children, 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.