At a UN celebration for Ted Turner, memories of a man who saw the power of global cooperation
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — One day decades ago, media mogul and CNN founder Ted Turner heard about a washerwoman in Mississippi who donated her life savings of $150,000 for scholarships so that young people could go to college. On Monday, at a celebration of Turner's life, his daughter said he was so inspired by that act of charity that he turned around and donated $1 billion to the United Nations. Laura Turner Seydel recounted her father saying, “Well, I would have to do something really and A...
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