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Ted Turner, founder of CNN, is dead
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Ted Turner, founder of CNN, is dead

Le Monde (English) · May 6, 2026, 3:00 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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The four-time 'Yachtsman of the Year' relished a challenge. When he launched Cable News Network in Atlanta in 1980, few believed the all-news channel would succeed. Also a philanthropist and founder of the United Nations Foundation, Turner died at the age of 87.

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