Editing Ted Turner (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Ted Turner and Jane Fonda.jpg|thumb|Turner and his third wife, [[Jane Fonda]], in Washington, D.C., 2002]]
Turner has been married and divorced three times: to Judy Nye (1960–1964), Jane Shirley Smith (1965–1988), and actress [[Jane Fonda]] (1991–2001). He has five children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/04/01/1/a-conversation-with-ted-turner|title=A Conversation With Ted Turner|date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=April 6, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405183340/http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/04/01/1/a-conversation-with-ted-turner|archive-date=April 5, 2008}}</ref> In a television interview with [[Piers Morgan]] on May 3, 2012, Turner said he had four girlfriends, which he acknowledged was complicated but nonetheless easier than being married.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_bn1#/video/us/2012/05/04/piers-turner-four-girlfriends.cnn | work=CNN | title=CNN.com Video |date=May 4, 2012 |access-date=October 31, 2008}}</ref> One of Turner's children, Robert Edward "Teddy" Turner IV, announced on January 23, 2013, that he intended to run in the [[South Carolina]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] primary for the open Congressional seat vacated by [[Tim Scott]] who was appointed to the [[United States Senate|US Senate]].<ref>Smith, Bruce. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ted-turners-son-vying-sc-congressional-primary Ted Turner's son vying in SC congressional primary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015631/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ted-turners-son-vying-sc-congressional-primary |date=December 3, 2013 }}, Associated Press, January 23, 2013.</ref> Turner's son came in 4th, receiving 7.90% of the vote.<ref name="GOP Primary Results">{{cite web |url=http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/45550/115634/en/summary.html |title=SC District 01 – Special R Primary |publisher=SC Elections |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

In 2010, Turner joined [[Warren Buffett]]'s and [[Bill Gates]]'s [[The Giving Pledge]], vowing to donate the majority of his fortune to charity upon his death.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ted Turner's Giving Pledge |url=http://cms.givingpledge.org/Content/uploads/634159149577957850_Turner_063010.pdf |date=June 30, 2010 |publisher=The Giving Pledge |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523023437/http://cms.givingpledge.org/Content/uploads/634159149577957850_Turner_063010.pdf |archive-date=May 23, 2012 }}</ref>

In the 1993 biography ''It Ain't As Easy as It Looks'' by Porter Bibb, Turner discussed his use of [[lithium (medication)|lithium]] and struggles with mental illness. The 1981 biography ''Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way'' by [[Christian Williams]] chronicles the founding of CNN.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Sure Thing: How entrepreneurs really succeed|url= http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/18/the-sure-thing |magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=May 10, 2016}}</ref> In 2008, Turner wrote ''[[Call Me Ted]],'' which documents his career and personal life.<ref>{{cite news |first=Phil |last=Kloer |title="Call Me Ted" – what else do you call him? |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=10 November 2008 |access-date=12 November 2008 |url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/11/10/ted_turners_autobiography_hits.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101064946/http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/11/10/ted_turners_autobiography_hits.html |archive-date=2010-01-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In an interview on ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning|CBS Sunday Morning]]'' in 2018, Turner revealed his diagnosis of [[Dementia with Lewy bodies|Lewy body dementia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ted Turner reveals he's battling Lewy body dementia in exclusive interview |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-turner-reveals-hes-battling-lewy-body-dementia-in-exclusive-interview/ |access-date=September 29, 2018 |work=CBS News |date=September 28, 2018}}</ref>