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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN Founder Ted Turner Dies

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, died peacefully today, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87. We look back on the remarkable life and legacy of the man who revolutionized TV news.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is CNN breaking news.

0:31.6

Very sad, breaking news indeed.

0:33.5

And for me, very personally sad breaking news coming into the situation room.

0:37.7

Ted Turner, Ted Turner, has died at the age of 87.

0:41.7

The innovator, an icon, a legend.

0:44.0

He revolutionized the television business by creating the first 24-hour news channel right here at CNN.

0:50.9

And he hired me many, many years ago.

0:53.1

Here's a closer look back at the life and legacy

0:55.5

of one of the greatest visionaries of our time. He broke every mold. He changed the world.

1:03.9

Known as the mouth of the South and Captain outrageous, Ted Turner built a media empire

1:09.8

that changed cable news forever.

1:11.6

I didn't have any upper limits to how far we could go.

1:15.6

Champion, philanthropist, environmentalist.

1:19.6

I don't know how to quit. It's not in my jeans.

1:24.6

But growing up wasn't easy for Ted.

1:26.6

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1938, his parents

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