‘I Knew this Would be My Last’: Billionaire Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch to Marry for 5th Time

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced his fifth marriage at the age of 92 on Monday, eight months after he reached a divorce settlement with model and actor Jerry Hall, according to reports.

Announcing his engagement with Ann Lesley Smith, 66, whose late husband was Chester Smith, a country singer as well as radio and TV executive, he told New York Post: “I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love — but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy.”

The couple plans to get married in the summer. “We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” Murdoch said.

Murdoch’s business empire includes Fox News in the US and the tabloid newspaper the Sun in the United Kingdom.

Murdoch has six children from his first three marriages. Prudence MacLeod, with his first wife Patricia Booker, then Elisabeth and sons Lachlan and James with his second wife Anna Mann. He has two more daughters, Grace and Chloe, with his third wife Wendi Deng. Murdoch’s fourth wife was the former supermodel Jerry Hall, from whom he split last year.

Hall and Murdoch married in London in 2016. Hall had sought an unspecified amount of spousal support in her original petition, and cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. She and Murdoch have no children together.

Speaking about marriage with the media tycoon, Smith told the New York Post: “I’m a widow 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. Worked for local papers, developed radio and TV stations and helped promote Univision. So I speak Rupert’s language. We share the same beliefs.”

“For us both it’s a gift from God. We met last September,” she added.

Murdoch met Smit at his vineyard, Moraga, located in Bel Air, California during a gathering of 200 people at his vineyard, and they conversed briefly. He called her two weeks later.

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