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Born on November 19, 1938 to Ed and Florence
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Sister, Mary Jean, born in 1941 |
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Moved to Savannah, Georgia in 1947 |
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Attends a military school in Atlanta, but gets
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Settles into McCallie School in Chattanooga,
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Mary Jean dies while Ted is at school |
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Ted attends Brown University, but gets kicked
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Ted’s parents divorce |
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Ted marries Judy Nye |
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1963, Ed Turner commits suicide |
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Ted becomes very upset when he finds out his
father sold his advertising business |
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When Ted struggles to buy back the company, he
begins to turn into the business man that he is today |
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Ted and Judy divorce in 1962 due to his
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Ted marries Jane Shirley Smith in 1964 |
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In 1968 Turner purchases an |
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independent UHF station, names |
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it WTCG |
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WTCG in complete shambles |
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Ted gets some competition from another
independent station |
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WTCG eventually becomes the Superstation, also
known as TBS |
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In 1998, Turner and |
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Shirley Smith divorce |
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In 1991 Turner |
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marries Jane Fonda |
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New Line Cinema |
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Castle Rock Entertainment |
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Turner Pictures |
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Hanna-Barbera Cartoons |
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Cable News Network, CNN International, and
Headline News channels |
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CNN Airport Network |
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Turner Network Television (TNT) |
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Turner Classic Movies channel |
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WTBS, the Superstation |
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Cartoon Network |
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MGM/United Artists films |
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Older Warners Brothers movies and certain RKO
films |
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TV programs and cartoons |
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Atlanta Braves baseball team |
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Atlanta Hawks basketball team |
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Atlanta Thrashers hockey team |
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TBS Superstation |
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Cartoon Network |
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Turner Classic Movies |
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New Line Cinema and Fine Line |
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Castle Rock Entertainment |
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Notes