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Billionaire CNN founder Ted Turner dies aged 87

Ted Turner, the television pioneer who created CNN and revolutionized news with 24-hour cable coverage, died Wednesday aged 87. Turner also built a media empire including Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies, owned sports teams and donated $1 billion to United Nations charities. He transformed broadcasting through CNN's 1980 launch, which fundamentally changed how people consumed.

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