Ted Turner, CNN founder who reshaped global news, dies aged 87
Summary
Ted Turner, the founder of CNN and a major figure in global news, died at the age of 87. He changed television news by creating CNN and contributed to global causes through his philanthropy and advocacy work.Key Facts
- Ted Turner founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel.
- He was a philanthropist who started the United Nations Foundation and donated $1 billion to the UN.
- Turner also founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative to reduce global dangers like nuclear and biological threats.
- In 1991, Time magazine named him Man of the Year for changing how people watch world events.
- He sold his media company, Turner Broadcasting System, to Time Warner in the 1990s.
- Turner announced in 2018 that he had Lewy body dementia, a brain disease.
- He was briefly hospitalized in 2025 for pneumonia.
- Turner is survived by five children, 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
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