while his family lived in south carolina, ted worked tirelessly at his company s head quarters in atlanta. to expand his billboard business, he soon acquired several radio stations and then, a small local tv station. wattle a risky decision? yeah. because i didn t have any background. i put everything i had into the one television station in atlanta. i don t have enough speed. in his free time, he put everything he had into sailing. the sport he loved since childhood. that was my sport. i concentrated on it. i worked really hard at becoming a champion in sailing. and the holy grail of championship sailing was the america s cup. it took him from 1958 to 1977 to do it. but he had a heavy focus and didn t let anybody get in the
make this world a better place, clean air, clean water. congratulations, ted and laura. on the phone. ted s five children are the trustees of the foundation. dad calls it his turnerverse. his legacy is his kids, for sure. as he s aging, he wants to know that he will go out with the love of his children and his grandchildren. that may not always have been important to him, but it s important to him now and so he s doing what he needs to do. east he s a great grandfather as well as a father. we love you grandpa. love you grandpa. we go out and look at the wolfs in montana and grandpa will howl at the wolfs and they ll howl back.
be a missionary. when you say a missionary, i ve known you for a while. religion is not something i associated with ted turner. no. my faith was shaken when my sister got sick. she was sick for five years before she passed away. and it just it seemed so unfair because she didn t do anything wrong. christianity didn t give me the answer to that. so my faith got shaken somewhat. i still pray a little bit. ted found solace on the water. where he developed a love for sailing. by age 11 he was competing in the junior regatta of the savannah yacht club. his parents divorced after his sister s death and his relationship with his father remained strained. when ted was accepted to brown university his dad berated him for not getting into harvard. he sent ted a letter that still haunts him today. my dear son, i m appalled. even horrified, that you have
he would start thinking about all the things he was grateful for. children and his grandchildren, all of the other blessings. and that got him through the thoughts of suicide. he ultimately made it through that night deep in insomnia. deeply depressed. then he saw the rising sun out here in montana and he thought to himself, you know, i want to live and i want to make the world a better place for them. coming up, ted s nine lives. hi. it was kind of a blessing in disguise. [woman 1] this. [woman 2] ..this. [man 1] .this is my body of proof. [man 2] proof of less joint pain. [woman 3] .and clearer skin. [man 3] proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis. [woman 4] .with humira. [woman 5] humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it s proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible
ted s dad was a good provider but had violent mood swings. your dad spanked you with a razor strap. a razor strap and a wire coat hanger. he would hit you like that? yeah. but on the behind. i mean, it wasn t dangerous or anything like that. it just hurt like the devil. but it hurt. yeah. i was aware that he was treated harshly intermittently. and i had no idea what to do about it or what to make of it. it is that age. but i was sort of troubled by it. when his dad joined the navy, ted was shipped off to boarding school at the age of four. well, ill never forget, it was our second date. he told me about his childhood. he turned and looked at me and he said, why are you crying? because tears were pouring down my face.