Variety ·entertainment ·1 hour ago

Ted Turner, TV Mogul and Philanthropist, Dies at 87

Ted Turner, the media mogul who invented CNN and pioneered cable television, died at 87. Turner disclosed in 2018 that he had Lewy body dementia. Named Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1991, he transformed television and donated $1 billion to the United Nations Foundation, fundamentally reshaping modern philanthropy.

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