Media titan and philanthropist Ted Turner passed away at the age 87; he had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia back in 2018.
ATLANTA — Ted Turner passed away, his family announced Wednesday, at the age of 87, after a long period that followed his 2018 diagnosis of Lewy body dementia.
He has been remembered for a life of soaring heights, in which he revolutionized broadcast television, changed the city of Atlanta forever, and made immense strides in conservation in the American West. His death has also drawn new attention to Lewy body dementia, the neurological disorder
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