Ted Turner, founder of the famous American channel CNN, died this Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at the age of 87. In 2018, he announced he was suffering from Lewy body dementia.
The famous American channel CNN (Cable News Network) announced today the death of its founder, Ted Turnerat the age of 87 years old. Avant-garde, he created 1980 the first 24-hour news channel in the United States. Affected by dementia with Lewy bodiesa neurodegenerative disease which causes symptoms similar to Parkinson’s or that ofAlzheimer’s.
