Ted Turner may have built a global media empire, but Jane Fonda He remains a more personal person, her “favorite ex-husband.”The 88-year-old actress often spoke warmly about Turner, who died on Wednesday at age 87, and said there was no hard feelings between them despite their divorce more than two decades ago.Turner died surrounded by his family after suffering from Lewy body dementia for about eight years, according to Turner Enterprises. His death marked the end of a life that reshaped modern television by founding CNN, the world’s first 24-hour news network.Fonda was married to Turner from 1991 to 2001 and described their relationship as one based on affection and mutual respect, even after the marriage ended. In 2008, she said she still had a “very good relationship” with him, adding, “Life is too short to fight.”Their connection can be seen in their shared work. Just months before his death, Fonda became emotional while speaking at an event for the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential, the charity they co-founded in 1995.She said the organization would never have been founded without Ted.“This is a very challenging time in Georgia. If I hadn’t been with Ted, if he hadn’t been by my side with his love and support, we would never have survived,” Fonda said last November.She added: “Ted is not here, but he is in my heart and I know he is in the hearts of many of us.”The couple married at Turner’s 8,100-acre Florida property and even honeymooned with their children from a previous marriage. But rifts emerged early, and Fonda later wrote in her memoir that she learned of his infidelity shortly after the wedding. The marriage ended in 2001.Despite their separation, they continued to appear at charity events together. A year after their divorce, she publicly greeted him: “My favorite ex!”In addition to his relationship with Fonda, Turner’s life was filled with bold ambitions. He founded CNN in 1980, transforming global news with around-the-clock coverage, and later built a media empire that included TNT, TCM and Cartoon Network. CNN’s influence surged during the Gulf War, when it broadcast live coverage of the conflict around the world for the first time.He was also a major philanthropist and conservationist, founding the United Nations Foundation and becoming one of the largest private landowners in the United States.