At a UN celebration for Ted Turner, memories of a man who saw the power of global cooperation
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Media mogul Ted Turner's daughter recalled at a celebration of her late father's life that he was inspired to give $1 billion to the United Nations after hearing about a washerwoman in Mississippi who gave her life savings of $150,000 for scholarships so young people could go to college — as she was never able to do.
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