Brash CNN founder Ted Turner dies

On June 1, 1980, Ted Turner launched CNN at a converted Jewish country club in Atlanta. Rick Diamond/Getty Images/Archive Photos hide caption toggle caption Rick Diamond/Getty Images/Archive Photos Ted Turner — the bullish founder of CNN and a suite of other cable channels, not to mention a bison steakhouse, a non profit designed to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and an international sports competition — died Wednesday at the age of 87. …