Ted Turner, founder of CNN, has died at the age of 87. He transformed the way Americans watched the news on television

Ted Turner, founder of CNN, has died at the age of 87. He transformed the way Americans watched the news on television

 Don EMMERT

Ted Turner, the flamboyant US entrepreneur who transformed television news with the creation of CNN in 1980, has died at the age of 87, the network said Wednesday.

The mustached southerner, yachting enthusiast and philanthropist, whose empire also included sports clubs, had been suffering from the degenerative disease Lewy Body Dementia.

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