(FILES) Ted Turner (L), recipient of the 2005 Alan Cranston Peace Award, and Mikhail Gorbachev (R), former president of the Soviet Union, answer questions during a news conference on April 20, 2005 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Ted Turner, who transformed television news with the creation of CNN in 1980, has died at the age of 87, the network said on May 6, 2026. Cable News Network upended established broadcasting with its dedication to around-the-clock breaking news and shot to global recognition with its coverage of the Gulf War in 1990-91. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP via Getty Images)