Readers with interest in learning about famous business personalities ought to check out Ann O'Neill's profile of CNN's founder, Ted Turner wants to go to heaven, which is running on CNN.com today. A film about Mr. Turner will also air on the network he founded in 1980 tonight at 7pm eastern, but the article is as colourful as business profiles get. For example, I had no idea the septuagenarian Turner still keeps a "loose" rotation of four girlfriends; apparently he can't stand being alone.

Ted Turner by Andy Warhol (1986)

Ted Turner by Andy Warhol (1986)

Here are a few other memorable excerpts:

- He stuck his foot in his mouth -- and apologized -- too many times to count.

- You can be a billionaire or a bum, win sailing's biggest prize or swab decks, own a television network or have trouble paying the cable bill: By the final curtain, life boils down to a few simple things.

Did I make my Mama and Daddy proud?

Am I loved?

Will anybody remember me?

Do I get into heaven?

- Years ago he joked, "I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say.'" He also joked that he'd like Willie Nelson to sing at his funeral. His request: "To All the Girls I've Loved Before."

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