‘A trailblazer, a rabble-rouser, a do-gooder’: CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87
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May 7, 2026

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On June 1, 1980, Ted Turner launched CNN at a converted Jewish country club in Atlanta.

Turner had a larger-than-life personality, and used it to launch the country’s first 24/7 all-news network.

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