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Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.
Ted Turner
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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
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Media Proprietor
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
Robert Edward Turner
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