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Ted Turner, the media mogul and CNN founder whom Forbes estimated was worth $2.8 billion at the time of his death, died on Wednesday at 87, according to a release from Turner Enterprise. Read more: Photo: Ben Rose/Getty Images for UNICEF

Ted Turner, one of the Greats of All Time, just died. He founded CNN, sold it, and was personally devastated by the Deal because the new ownership took CNN, his “baby,” and destroyed it. It became woke, and everything that he is not all about. Maybe the new buyers, wonderful people, will be able to bring it back to its former credibility and glory. Regardless, however, one of the Greats of Broadcast History, and a friend of mine. Whenever I needed him, he was there, always willing to fight for a good cause! President DONALD J. TRUMP ( TruthSocial: May 6 2026, 10:55 AM ET )

Ted Turner, the billionaire media entrepreneur and philanthropist who launched the 24-hour cable TV news revolution when he founded CNN in 1980, has died. He was 87.