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Ted Turner
Deceased

How Did Ted Turner Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 87
NationalityUnited StatesBorn19/11/1938Died06/05/2026 (aged 87)Died inLamontCausedementia with Lewy bodiesWikidataQ193368 ↗TMDb#106316 ↗

Robert Edward Turner III was an American businessman, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel, and WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. Turner also founded the television networks TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, and Turner Classic Movies.

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Filmography17 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024Call Me TedSeriesSelf (archive footage)86
2013Population BoomMovieSelf75
2010Global Eugenics: Using Medicine to KillMovieHimself72
2009The Rise & Fall of WCWMovieSelf (archive footage)71
2004Cartoon Network Christmas: Yuletide FolliesMovie(archive footage)66
2003Gods and GeneralsMovieCol. Tazewell Patton65
1998Hitman Hart: Wrestling with ShadowsMovieSelf (archive footage)60
1997The Race to Save 100 YearsMovieSelf59
1996Arli$$SeriesTed Turner58
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries—58
1993GettysburgMovieCol. Walter T. Patton55
1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersSeriesFred Learner (voice)52
1989A Dialogue: A Conversation with Carl Sagan and Ted TurnerMovieHost51
1982Ted Turner: The Man from AtlantaMovieSelf44
196860 MinutesSeriesSelf30
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesSelf23
0It's a Long Way to OctoberMovieSelf—