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Ted Turner Dies at 87 After Transforming Wrestling and Cable TV

Turner died at 87 after reshaping television through CNN, TBS, TNT and Cartoon Network. His wrestling legacy remains massive after buying Jim Crockett Promotions, launching WCW and putting Nitro on TNT against WWE Raw during the Monday Night Wars. Mark Thompson called him “intrepid, fearless,” adding Turner was “the giant on whose shoulders we stand.”

By Adarsh Ojha

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