![Actress Jane Fonda and husband, Ted Turner are interviewed prior to the American Film Institute Associates Platinum Circle Award luncheon October 26 in Beverly Hills. The Fonda family was honored for their creative contributions which have enhanced the entertainment community. [Turner, owner of the Atlanta Braves, told reporters he would miss the third game of the World Series, because he wanted to be present at the AFI event to support his wife. ]
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- Tuner Enterprises confirmed his death, and no cause of death has been disclosed.
- He was married to Jane Fonda from 1991 to 2001, and the pair remained close friends afterward.
- Fonda once greeted him at a 2001 charity event as her “favorite ex-husband,” reflecting their easy rapport after the split.
- The two co-founded the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential in 1995, and Fonda later credited Turner’s backing for the group’s survival.
- He revealed a Lewy body dementia diagnosis in 2018, a disease that gradually impairs thinking and movement with symptoms like rigid muscles, slow steps, and tremors.