CNN founder Ted Turner dies
The billionaire media maverick who launched the 24-hour cable TV news revolution when he founded CNN in 1980, has died. He was 87.
CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87
Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died Wednesday, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87.





