Ted Turner, who was the founder of several broadcast companies including Turner Classic Movies (TCM), has died at age 87. TCM was a sponsor for The Great Movie Ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios from 2015 to 2017.

Ted Turner

Turner died peacefully in his home surrounded by family on Wednesday, May 6. He was 87 years old. He was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disorder, in 2018.

He also founded CNN, was a philanthropist who founded the United Nations Foundation, sough to eliminate nuclear weapons worldwide, and a conservationist.

One of his broadcast companies, Turner Classic Movies, began a partnership with Disney in May 2015. With little-to-no-warning, the new version of “The Great Movie Ride – Presented by TCM” debuted at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It marked some of the biggest changes to the attraction in 26 years, with new TCM branding integrated into the attraction’s marquee and facade, as well as new digital movie posters, a special handprint photo op, and a new pre-show and Finale Montage video hosted by the late, great TCM host, Robert Osborne.

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