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Ted Turner
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General Information (Ted Turner) |
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| Mostly Credited As: | Ted Turner |
| Birth Name: | Robert Edward Turner III |
| Date Of Birth: | November 19, 1938 (Age 71) |
| Country Of Birth: |  USA |
| Birth Place: | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Spouse |
| Jane Fonda |
Dec/21/1991 - May/22/2001 |
(Divorced) |
| Jane Shirley Smith |
Jun/02/1965 - 1988 |
(divorced) (3 children) |
| Judy Nye |
1960 - 1964 |
(Divorced) (2 children) |
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Billionaire media mogul and sportsman who founded CNN and once owned the Atlanta Braves. In recent years, Turner has become a huge supporter of liberal environmental causes and has given large amounts of money to United Nations sponsored charities.
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Ted Turner TV Appearances |
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Ted Turner Trivia |
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Father, Edward Turner, committed suicide in 1965.
| Graduate of Brown University.
| Baseball stadium in Atlanta is named after him.
| Despises fellow media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
| Nicknamed "the Mouth of the South."
| Once owned World Championship Wrestling.
| Managed his baseball team, the Atlanta Braves, for one game before being banned from managing by the baseball commissioner.
| Personal motto is: "Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way."
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Ted Turner Quotes |
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Turner: (about the Heaven's Gate suicides) It's a good way to get rid of a few nuts.
| Turner: (about Christianity) It's a religion for losers.
| P. J. O'Rourke: Ted Turner has probably said more stupid things than any man alive.
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