Ted Turner, founder of CNN, recovered from pneumonia

Ted Turner, founder of CNN, recovered from pneumonia

ted Turner, who founded 86-year-old media mogul and philanthropic, who founded CNN, recovers pneumonia and "makes good progress in rehabilitation," said a spokesman on Monday.

hospital stay and recovery

Turner was admitted to the hospital with a mild case of pneumonia and is now recovering in a rehabilitation facility, said Phillip Evans, the communication manager of the Turner Enterprises, in a statement.

Diagnosis Lewy body dementia

"Although he was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2018 and despite the health challenges that this brings, Ted Resilient and is committed to his professional and personal efforts," continued Evans.

Turner revealed in 2018 that he with lewy-koden-demenz Disease.

About 1.4 million Americans are affected by Lewy body dementia, which is the second most common form of dementia to Alzheimer's. This comes from the information of the Lewy body dementia association

commitment to others

Turner's daughter, Laura Turner Seydel, noticed in 2022 that her father was still “still active”. He remains chairman of the gymnast foundation as well as the nuclear threat initiative , a non -profit organization that he co -founded to reduce global nuclear and technological threats.

Seydel said: "Ted's disease is not for nothing, because it is important to him to help many others who suffer from this disease and may not even be aware of it." She made this remark at a conference entitled "Life Itself".

live on the ranch

Turner lives on his ranch in Montana, where he likes to fishing and stays in nature, according to his daughter. "As we know, nature is healing, especially when you have chronic stress and fear of what is the case with him," added Seydel.

progress of the disease

Although it is unclear how the media's disease has developed in recent years, Seydel explained that her father had a milder and slower progressive case of Lewy body dementia as the comedian Robin Williams, who died in 2014 by suicide and posthumously with the disease was diagnosed .

misdiagnoses and symptoms

Lewy body dementia, or LBD, is often incorrectly diagnosed as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. The disease arises from abnormal accumulation of a protein called Alpha-Synuclein in the cells and in the brain. These deposits (called Lewy body) can have serious consequences. The most common symptoms of LBD include impairments of thinking, fluctuations in attention, movement problems, visual hallucinations, sleep disorders, behavioral and mood fluctuations as well as changes in body functions, such as the ability to control urination.

brave parts of his diagnosis

Seydel said that her father was "very brave" to share his diagnosis with the world. "Ted is known as 'Captain Courageous' and he fights through life," she added in 2022.