RIP Ted Turner

[oldmanwinters]

Another guy on the list of "People I thought had already passed."

Seems like Turner was a HUGE personality who was always in the news back in the 90s. But around the mid-2000s, seemed like he started to fade into the background, maybe on account of that infamous AOL-Time Warner deal?

I remember there was this rumor that Ted had personally recorded an "end-of-the-world" video to air on CNN in the event of hypothetical nuclear armageddon.

[MikeandRaph87]

Another guy on the list of "People I thought had already passed."

Seems like Turner was a HUGE personality who was always in the news back in the 90s. But around the mid-2000s, seemed like he started to fade into the background, maybe on account of that infamous AOL-Time Warner deal?

I remember there was this rumor that Ted had personally recorded an "end-of-the-world" video to air on CNN in the event of hypothetical nuclear armageddon.

I was about to post this. To answer the inquiry Ted agreed to the AOL-Time-Warner merger if he was named Vice President, but with the Dot Com bubble bursting he sold his controling interest and lost the Braves and Hawks ownership and the conglomorate sold thrm off. WCW was also at the same time circa 2001 into 2002. Ted retired as a result while still having the most privately owned land in the countfy which he mostly used for land preservation.

[Andrew NDB]

I mostly remember him in terms of the old WCW stuff.

[oldmanwinters]

I was about to post this. To answer the inquiry Ted agreed to the AOL-Time-Warner merger if he was named Vice President, but with the Dot Com bubble bursting he sold his controling interest and lost the Braves and Hawks ownership and the conglomorate sold thrm off. WCW was also at the same time circa 2001 into 2002. Ted retired as a result while still having the most privately owned land in the countfy which he mostly used for land preservation.

I mostly remember him in terms of the old WCW stuff.

Yeah, Ted and the Turner-Brand really was everywhere for like 10 or 15 years. Family Guy basically made Ted into Lois' dad.

I do love the fact we got Cartoon Network's existence out of the whole run, but now I guess it's pretty much just a shell of its former self too. The fact the Braves were on TBS almost every night basically turned them into the most popular baseball team in the country. And TNT had arguably the best basketball broadcasts. And the TBS NASCAR theme song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdTikVBAIJM) is top-tier. TNT premiered several interesting made-for-TV original movies too... anybody else remember their adaptation of Animal Farm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEnulalt9l0) ?

[Hamato Yoshi]

RIP cable tycoon

[triplexxx]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Turner_logo.svg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=original
Rest well Ted Turner

[member_removed]

I mostly remember him in terms of the old WCW stuff.

Time for a WWE HOF fame induction. Hell, Dennis Rodamn got in this year!

[ZariusTwo]

RIP Billionaire Ted

Thankyou for WCW, Cartoon Network and Captain Planet

[MikeandRaph87]

Yeah, Ted and the Turner-Brand really was everywhere for like 10 or 15 years. Family Guy basically made Ted into Lois' dad.

I do love the fact we got Cartoon Network's existence out of the whole run, but now I guess it's pretty much just a shell of its former self too. The fact the Braves were on TBS almost every night basically turned them into the most popular baseball team in the country. And TNT had arguably the best basketball broadcasts. And the TBS NASCAR theme song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdTikVBAIJM) is top-tier. TNT premiered several interesting made-for-TV original movies too... anybody else remember their adaptation of Animal Farm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEnulalt9l0) ?

I have actually used it in the classroom. Its the superior Animal Farm adaptation.

Ted had quite an impact on Geny X and Gen Y and allowed for the growth of cable is remarkable. I am not just saying this as a life-long Braves fan.

It seems it was Lewy Body Dementia that finally took its toll on him. I believe it was diagnosed in 2018.

[oldmanwinters]

Here's that supposed end-of-the-world video.
Just a performance of the national anthem:
https://x.com/orinromain/status/2052033337477226952

But still creepy because it's old and the context!
https://notthebee.com/article/ted-turner-made-a-doomsday-video-for-cnn-to-play-during-the-end-of-the-world-and-its-the-most-haunting-thing-ive-ever-seen