Ted Turner, the brash media mogul who created CNN and revolutionized how Americans watched television, and who wielded his media empire and wealth to pursue liberal global causes and land conservation, has died. He was 87. Turner died Wednesday at his home in Lamont, Fla., according to his family. They did not disclose his cause of death. In 2018, he revealed he had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, a neurodegenerative disease, which had been progressing in recent years. Turner’s outsize public persona — some called him the “Mouth from the South” for his freewheeling trash talk — matched the Georgian’s influence on news, politics, sports and entertainment in the late 20th century. Turner repeatedly shook up established industries by invading quickly and expanding options for consumers, while railing against monolithic competitors who were less daring or nimble than his maverick Turner Broadcasting System. Turner created the cable stations TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies; he owned the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the Atlanta Hawks basketball team and revitalized professional wrestling with World Championship …