Ted Turner Passes

Whatever else can be said, he certainly lived life his way. Besides CNN and TBS and TNT, he put his money to some damn fine use: "Years before Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates rose to the top of world philanthropy, Mr. Turner donated $1 billion to start a foundation to support United Nations projects in developing countries." He underwrote foundations that campaigned against nuclear arms proliferation and for such causes as population control, solar energy and debt forgiveness for developing countries." You gotta' love him just for this: "He managed to outrage just about everyone at one point or another. “Christianity is a religion for losers,” he once said. Abortion opponents were “idiots” and “bozos.” He once called the hijackers of Sept. 11, 2001, “brave.”" He was, in some ways, a real life "Most interesting man in the world:" "The billionaire Mr. Turner championed a world free of conflict but was on friendly terms with dictators and despots, including Saddam Hussein and... Read more