Marriage is a very important milestone in one’s life. Many people consider that they have one soulmate and when they find such a person, they get married and wish to stay together. However, Hollywood marriages are considered to be completely opposite. They are considered fragile and short. If two celebs get married, people start predicting the number of years before the marriage crumbles. Few celebrity couples have managed to stay committed to just one marriage. Whereas most celebrities have married multiple times. One such person who has married multiple times is media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
The media mogul Rupert Murdoch is set to get married for a fifth time at the age of 92. He is currently engaged to his girlfriend Ann Lesley Smith after dating her since September 2022. Who is Ann Lesley Smith and how did the couple meet? Read on to find out more details about the newly engaged couple.
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All About Ann Lesley Smith
Ann Lesley Smith is an American journalist and model. Ann is 66 years old. She used to work as a dental hygienist after graduating from college. Later on, she moved on to radio journalism and even dabbled in songwriting. Subsequently, she worked as a volunteer Christian preacher providing prison chaplaincy for the Marin County Sheriff’s Office and the Manteca Police Department.
Ann Smith was first married to lawyer and philanthropist John Huntington. Huntington was a part of the Huntington railroad family. They eventually divorced. Smith then married country singer and entrepreneur Chester Smith. The couple made an album together named ‘Captured by Love‘ which was released in 2005. Chester Smith died in 2008 leaving Anne behind as a widow.
Ann Lesley Smith met now fiancée Rupert Murdoch in September 2022 at an event at his Moraga Estate winery in Bel Air, California. According to Murdoch, Smith first made a move on him and was very direct with him. The couple got engaged on March 17, 2023, and are planning a summer wedding. Murdoch also believes that this is his last love. He said, “I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy.”
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Rupert Murdoch’s Past Marriages
Rupert Murdoch’s marriage to Anne Lesley Smith will be his fifth one. Murdoch first married Patricia Booker in 1956. Booker was a former shop assistant and flight attendant. The couple had a daughter Prudence in 1958. They got divorced in 1967.
Murdoch then went on to marry Scottish journalist Anna Torv in 1967. Torv used to work at Murdoch’s newspaper ‘The Daily Mirror‘. The couple had three children Elizabeth, Lachlan, and James. They divorced in 1999. Anna also received a $1.2 billion dollar settlement after their divorce.
Only 17 days after his second divorce, Rupert Murdoch married Wendi Deng in 1999. Deng was a Chinese-born Yale graduate. She married Murdoch when she was 30 years old and Murdoch was 68 years old. Deng was further appointed the vice president of STAR TV. The couple had two daughters Grace and Chloe. They divorced in 2013 after separating for six months.
Murdoch married model and actress Jerry Hall in 2016. The couple was married in London when Hall was 59 years old and Murdoch was 85 years old. On July 1, 2022, Hall filed for divorce, alleging irreconcilable differences. Only seven months after his divorce, Murdoch is now engaged to Anne Lesley Smith.
Rupert Murdoch is one of the most influential men in the world. He was born in Australia but moved to New York, USA in 1974 to expand his business. Murdoch is currently the executive chairman of News Corporation and serves as the Chairman of Fox Corporation. He is the 31st richest person in the US and the 71st richest in the entire world.
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