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Tributes pour in after CNN founder Ted Turner’s death

7 May 2026 by CapeTownNewsReader
Ted Turner, who transformed television news with the creation of CNN in 1980, has died at the age of 87. Photo by Doug Pensinger /Getty/ AFP

Ted Turner, the flamboyant US entrepreneur who transformed television news with the creation of CNN in 1980 before venturing into philanthropy, has died at the age of 87.

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