Ted Turner, media mogul and founder of CNN, dies

Ted Turner, the media mogul and founder of CNN, passed away this Wednesday at the age of 87, according to the same U.S. news channel. The American entrepreneur revolutionized the global news landscape with the launch of CNN, the first 24-hour news channel, in 1980. Over the years, Turner built a large media empire that includes channels such as TBS and TNT, and turned CNN into an international news benchmark.