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The many love lives of Ted Turner

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Mr Ted Turner was a playboy, even through his three marriages and well into his 70s.

Mr Ted Turner was a playboy, even through his three marriages and well into his 70s.

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Sadiba Hasan

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Mr Ted Turner, who died on May 6 at 87, was known for creating CNN and transforming the media landscape with the 24-hour news cycle.

But he was also a playboy, even through his three marriages and well into his 70s. His paramours had countless stories and grudges about his brazen infidelity, but he somehow still managed to remain friends with many of them – perhaps a testament to his famed charm.

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