Ted Turner's legacy as a businessman and outspoken environmentalist will continue after his death at 87.
Turner died "surrounded by his family" Wednesday, May 6, his company Turner Enterprises announced in a news release obtained by USA TODAY. The mogul, who used his massive media fortune to uplift causes, including United Nations refugee and children programs and conservation efforts, is survived by his five children, fourteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The maverick businessman earned his fortune by turning a financially struggling Atlanta TV station into a media empire around CNN, the first 24-hour cable news station, as well as his celebrated ownership of the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks.
Here's who Turner is leaving his legacy to, and just how much the late business titan was worth upon his death.
Ted Turner was not married at the time of his death. The businessman was married three times: to Judy (Nye) Turner in the '60s, with whom he had daughter Laura and son Robert Edward "Teddy" IV; Jane Smith Turner from 1964 to 1980, with whom he had his three remaining children, Beau, Rhett and Jennie; and, perhaps most famously, to actress Jane Fonda, from 1991 to 2001.
Domestic Glance
New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and other local officials on Monday condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after federal officers dragged a man out of a hospital building where he had been taken following an arrest, prompting a crowd of protesters to gather outside, where they clashed with police.
Republican Oklahoma state Senate candidate Barry Christian was found dead Thursday, the State Bureau of Investigation confirmed in a social media news release. He was last seen Tuesday in Sayre, Oklahoma.
The sheriff of New Orleans was hit on Wednesday with a sweeping 30-count indictment alleging malfeasance and payroll fraud amid an outside investigation into her office that was prompted by a massive jailbreak nearly a year earlier.





























