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CNN founder and cable news pioneer Ted Turner dead at 87
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Ted Turner pioneered the media industry with the creation of the 24-hour cable news network in 1980. (AP)
CNN founder and business mogul Ted Turner has died at age 87, according to CNN.
Turner pioneered the media industry with the creation of the 24-hour cable news network in 1980. Turner had disclosed in 2018 that he suffered from Lewy body dementia, which caused memory problems and exhaustion.
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