Ted Turner was 87 years old and a serial entrepreneur known as “the Mouth of the South” for his bravado and aggressiveness.
Mr. Turner took over his family’s Georgia-based billboard company at age 24, after his father’s suicide, and transformed the business into a media giant that forever changed broadcasting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/05/06/ted-turner-dead-cn…;
A mercurial tycoon and gadfly visionary, whose “superstation” TBS was a key part of cable TV’s early success, whose 24-hour news channel CNN revolutionized TV journalism, and whose extensive legacy included conservation, philanthropy, and professional sports, is dead.
Ted Turner, the media mogul who founded CNN, leaves behind a vast legacy, five children, and a $2.5 billion fortune.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/05/06/ted…
