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Ted Turner hospitalized in Argentina with appendicitis

By United Press International
American businessman Ted Turner attends the "Gorby 80- Gala Concert" at Royal Albert Hall in London on March 30, 2011. Turner was taken to a hospital in Buenos Aries, Argentina, Friday after becoming ill in the resort city of Bariloche. UPI File Photo/Rune Hellestad
American businessman Ted Turner attends the "Gorby 80- Gala Concert" at Royal Albert Hall in London on March 30, 2011. Turner was taken to a hospital in Buenos Aries, Argentina, Friday after becoming ill in the resort city of Bariloche. UPI File Photo/Rune Hellestad | License Photo

BUENOS AIRES, March 7 (UPI) -- CNN founder Ted Turner flew to Buenos Aires for surgery after being diagnosed with appendicitis during a visit to Argentina, a spokesman said Friday.

Turner was initially hospitalized in Bariloche, a resort city in the Nahuel Huapi National Park in the Andes foothills in Patagonia, the Buenos Aires Herald reported. He refused to undergo surgery at the hospital there and was transferred to Buenos Aires.

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Turner founded CNN in 1980 after a successful career in television advertising and the ownership of TV stations. He owns large amounts of land in Patagonia, including a ranch of more than 10,000 acres.

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