Veteran TV Journalist and CNN’s Founding President Reese Schonfeld Dies

Veteran TV Journalist and CNN’s Founding President Reese Schonfeld Dies
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Television journalist and founding president of Cable News Network (CNN), Reese Schonfeld, who started the cable television network with media entrepreneur Ted Turner, died on Tuesday, U.S. media reported.

Schonfeld, who was 88, died after complications from Alzheimer’s disease, The New York Times reported.