Ted Turner, who based NCS in 1980, has died, the information community mentioned on its web site. He was 87.
The community mentioned the billionaire media entrepreneur and philanthropist who was born in Ohio helped launch 24-hour cable TV information.
NCS says on its web site he was a philanthropist who based the United Nations Foundation and was a conservationist. He created the Captain Planet cartoon to teach youngsters in regards to the setting, the community mentioned.
He additionally is understood for beforehand being the proprietor of the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks.
“Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgement,” Mark Thompson, Chairman and CEO of NCS Worldwide, mentioned in an announcement, in accordance with NCS.
“He was and always will be the presiding spirit of NCS. Ted is the giant on whose shoulders we stand, and we will all take a moment today to recognize him and his impact on our lives and the world.”
Just over a month earlier than his eightieth birthday in 2018, Turner revealed that he had Lewy physique dementia, a progressive mind dysfunction, NCS mentioned. In early 2025, Turner was hospitalized with a gentle case of pneumonia earlier than recovering at a rehabilitation facility, the community mentioned on its web site.
NCS says Turner is survived by his 5 kids, 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.