CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87
Ted Turner sits in his home at Spanish Creek near Bozeman, Mont., on March 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Bozeman Chronicle, Erik Petersen)
NEW YORK (AP) — Ted Turner, the brash and outspoken television pioneer who created a media empire and transformed the news business by creating CNN and introducing the 24-hour cable news cycle, died Wednesday. He was 87.
He died surrounded by his family, according to Turner Enterprises, the company that oversees his vast business interests and investments.
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