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Ted Turner
Alive
Born: 11/19/1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USAAge: 85
Full name: Robert Edward Turner III
Nickname: The Mouth of the South
Noted For: media executive; founder of Cable News Network (1980) and Turner Network Television (1988). Baseball executive; owner of the Atlanta Braves (1976-96). Yachtsman; won the America's Cup (1977, 79). Time Magazine Man of the Year for 1991. Husband of actress Jane Fonda (1991-2001).
Quotation: [Christianity is] "a religion for losers".
Also see this person's photo entry in our Dead or Alive Data Base.
