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National Portrait Gallery Unveils Ted Turner Portrait; CNN Founder, Philanthropist Honored On #GivingTuesday*
December 3, 2014
The United Nations Foundation’s much talked about charitable #GivingTuesday initiative was in full swing yesterday.
And Ted Turner deserves much of the credit for its success, with his historic $1 billion gift back in 1997 giving birth to the organization (the foundation, while managed separately, works in support of the United Nations).
But Turner found himself on the other side of the coin on Tuesday evening, as the recipient of a rather unique honor bestowed on just a handful of remarkable Americans.
Yesterday, a portrait of the media mogul and noted philanthropist/environmentalist was unveiled with much fanfare at the Smithsonian’s famed National Portrait Gallery.
