- Born
- November 19, 1938
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Sources- 1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2015-10-13
- 2.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- 4.Stated in The Peerage
- 5.Stated in GeneaStar
- 6.Stated in MAK
- November 19, 1938
- Died
- May 6, 2026
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Sources- 1.“Ted Turner, créateur de CNN, magnat des médias et vainqueur de la Coupe de l’America, est mort”lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2026/05/06/ted-turner-createur-de-cnn-magnat-des-medias-et-vainqueur-de-la-coupe-de-l-america-est-mort_6686127_3382.htmlRetrieved 2026-05-06
- May 6, 2026
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati
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Sources- 1.“Ted Turner, créateur de CNN, magnat des médias et vainqueur de la Coupe de l’America, est mort”lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2026/05/06/ted-turner-createur-de-cnn-magnat-des-medias-et-vainqueur-de-la-coupe-de-l-america-est-mort_6686127_3382.htmlRetrieved 2026-05-06
- Cincinnati
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- media proprietor
- , philanthropist
- , environmentalist
- +5 more
- Education
- Employer
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- Website
- tedturner.com language: English
- Awards
- Sports Lifetime Achievement Award(2014)
- Delta Prize for Global Understanding(2006)
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Sources- 1.“‘Global citizen’”news.uga.edu/global-citizen/Retrieved 2026-05-08
- Bower Award for Business Leadership(2006)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Franklin Institute websitefi.edu/en/awards/laureates/re-turnerRetrieved 2026-01-05
- Emperor Has No Clothes Award(2001)
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Sources- 1.“Ted Turner”ffrf.org/outreach/awards/emperor-has-no-clothes-award/ted-turner/Retrieved 2026-05-08
- Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award(2000)
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- honorary doctorate of Haifa University(2000)
- Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award(1999)
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Sources- 1.“WIF Awards Retrospective”womeninfilm.org/updates/wif-awards-retrospective/Retrieved 2025-03-08
- Peabody Awards(1998)
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Sources- 1.Stated in IMDbimdb.com/name/nm0877894/awards/Retrieved 2026-05-08
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- Audubon Medal(1991)
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Sources- 1.“Previous Audubon Medal Awardees”audubon.org/previous-audubon-medal-awardeesRetrieved 2026-05-08
- Humanist of the Year(1990)
- International Emmy Directorate Award(1990)
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Sources- 1.“International Emmy® Directorate Award”iemmys.tv/international-emmy-awards/special-awards/Retrieved 2026-05-08
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Time Person of the Year(1991)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Time.comtime.com/article/2026/05/06/ted-turner-cnn-founder-dies/Retrieved 2026-05-09
- Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting(1990)
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Sources- 1.“Edward Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting”isd.georgetown.edu/programs/awards-lectures/weintal-prize/Retrieved 2023-03-22
- Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism(1990)
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Sources- 1.Stated in Yahooyahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/ted-turner-cnn-founder-cable-142001353.htmlRetrieved 2026-05-09
- Birth name
- Robert Edward Turner III
- Name in native language
- Ted Turner
- Different from
- Ted Turner criterion used: Wikimedia human name disambiguation page
- Field of work
- entrepreneurship
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-05-11
- media company
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-05-11
- cable television
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-05-11
- television production
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-05-11
- philanthropy
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-05-11
- entrepreneurship
On other databases
82 identifiers linking Ted Turner across the web's reference databases
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