Jane Fonda is honoring her former husband, media mogul Ted Turner, who died on Wednesday at age 87.
Turner, the founder of CNN and Turner Broadcasting System who broke boundaries with CNN's 24-hour news landscape, died surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises, CNN shared. Fonda, who married Turner in 1991 and divorced him in 2001, took to Instagram on Wednesday afternoon to honor her former husband in a passionate statement that shared just how transformative the couple's love affair truly was.
"He swept into my life, a gloriously handsome, deeply romantic, swashbuckling pirate, and I’ve never been the same. He needed me. No one had ever let me know they needed me, and this wasn’t your average human being that needed me, this was the creator of CNN, and Turner Classic Movies, who had won the America’s Cup as the world’s greatest sailor. He had a big life, a brilliant mind, and a soaring sense of humor.
He could also take care of me. That was new as well. To be needed and cared for simultaneously is transformative. Ted Turner helped me believe in myself. He gave me confidence. I think I did the same for him, but that’s what women are raised to do. Men like Ted aren’t supposed to express need and vulnerability. That was Ted’s greatest strength, I believe," shared Fonda.
The legendary actress continued, sharing about how much Turner taught her about everything from hunting and fishing to business and strategy. Calling him "the most competitive person I have ever met," she spoke of his need to beat others at everything from making money to "how many countries he’d made love to his prior lover in and could I match that."
Fonda closed out her comments by honoring Turner's children.
"Five children survive him, five talented, complex kids who I had the privilege of becoming stepmother to. I had four stepmothers growing up, and I know how important stepmothers can be, so we all did our best to build an extended, rag-tag family, and I love them to this day. If it was complicated to be married to him, think how complicated it was being his child. And they are all doing fine," she wrote. "Rest in Peace, dearest Ted. You are loved and you will be remembered."
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What Did Fonda Say About Turner Before His Death?
While the couple divorced in 2001, they stayed close friends until Turner's death. Fonda always spoke kindly about Turner, sharing that she had faith that he would belong in heaven upon his death. In The Heaven Promise, the actress shared how impressed she was that someone who came from such a troubled background turned out so well.
“Given his childhood, he should’ve become a dictator. He should’ve become a not nice person. The miracle is that he became what he is. A man who will go to heaven, and there’ll be a lot of animals up there welcoming him, animals that have been brought back from the edge of extinction because of Ted," said Fonda. "He’s turned out to be a good guy. And he says he’s not religious. But he, the whole time I was with him, every speech – and he likes to give speeches – he always ends his speech with ‘God bless.’ And he’ll get into heaven. He’s a miracle.”
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