CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies At 87

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CNN founder Ted Turner died Wednesday at the age of 87. CNN Worldwide Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson confirmed Turner’s death in a statement, calling him the “presiding spirit of CNN.” “Ted was an intensely involved and…

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