To the editor: The laudatory Ted Turner obituaries rightfully acknowledged his groundbreaking choice to launch CNN and his dedication to peace and the surroundings (“Ted Turner, CNN creator who revolutionized the media business, dies at 87,” Might 6). However they principally overlook his unwavering assist of documentaries.
I had the nice fortune to be a part of the documentary unit that produced so many vital collection, together with the six-part applications “A Century of Ladies” and “The Coming Plague.” Turner additionally supported “Dying to Inform the Story,” which adopted journalists in fight zones, and a protracted record of environmental documentaries. Turner was the only real arbiter of what produced — if he mentioned sure to a undertaking, that was all that was wanted. If he mentioned no, the undertaking was “lifeless.”
With Pat Mitchell answerable for the unit, documentaries had been alive and properly in any respect the Turner networks. A outstanding time for vital collection and flicks.
Jacoba Atlas, Los Angeles
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To the editor: In 1984, I wrote {a magazine} article about worry, asking outstanding folks from varied walks of life what they had been afraid of. Turner was certainly one of my interviewees and he responded shortly, saying, “Nuclear warfare and my spouse, and I’m unsure by which order.” He confirmed wit, humility and focus multi functional transient quote.
Eve Lichtgarn, Santa Monica
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To the editor: Ted Turner was really a renaissance man; he beloved his Turner Traditional Films.
I didn’t notice simply how instrumental he was because the driving drive behind 24-hour information by his artistic insights into cable and satellite tv for pc broadcasting. His philanthropy with international causes, serving to to financially assist the United Nations Basis and land conservation, has been monumental. The results of his generosity will proceed on regardless of his passing.
Identical to his Turner Classics, might Ted Turner’s sturdy sense of humanity even be remembered for eternity.
Isadora Johnson, Seal Seashore
