Ted Turner says 'recuperating well' from surgery in Argentina

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Ted Turner says 'recuperating well' from surgery in Argentina

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ted-turner-says-recuperating-well-surgery-argentina-221826621--sector.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AOdXRq9GqvD_mOjvKnp06A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-10T221826Z_1_CBREA291PYU00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Turner, founder of CNN, speaks on a panel after the screening of &quot;Cold War&quot; at the Paley Center for Media in New York" align="left" title="Turner, founder of CNN, speaks on a panel after the screening of &quot;Cold War&quot; at the Paley Center for Media in New York" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Ted Turner, the founder of cable TV network CNN, said on Monday he was heading back to the United States from Argentina after &quot;a minor surgical procedure due to appendicitis.&quot; The 75-year-old was rushed to a hospital in Argentina's Patagonia region on Friday with acute abdominal pain before flying to the capital, Buenos Aires, where he underwent surgery. &quot;The doctors and medical staff at both hospitals in Bariloche and Buenos Aires were amazing and took really good care of me.&quot; Turner owns vast tracts of ranch land near the lakeside city of Bariloche along the Andes. After launching Turner Broadcasting System in the 1970s, Turner created CNN in 1980 as the world's first 24-hour cable news channel.</p><br clear="all"/>

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