Ann Lesley Smith

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Rupert Murdoch to marry for fifth time at 92: 'I knew this would be my ... (The Guardian)

Billionaire mogul will marry Ann Lesley Smith, 66, whom he met in September of 2022. 'We share the same beliefs,' Smith says.

But he denied that Fox News itself had endorsed the narrative. A lot of people haven’t gone through a lot, and they pontificate on stuff they’ve read in a book.” A trial is scheduled to start on 17 April in Delaware. The pair met when she was working as a prison chaplain. Smith told the New York Post: “I’m a widow 14 years. “We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” Murdoch said.

Rupert Murdoch Engaged to Ann Lesley Smith (Variety)

Rupert Murdoch just can't stay single. Less than a year after divorcing Jerry Hall, the 92-year-old Fox mogul is hearing wedding bells again.

As the head of News Corporation, he also owns the New York Post, in addition to the Wall Street Journal, The Sun and book publisher Harper Collins. In addition to Hall, Murdoch was previously married to Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2013; Anna Maria Torv from 1967 to 1999; and Patricia Booker from 1956 to 1967. A spokesperson for Murdoch confirmed the engagement to Variety.

Rupert Murdoch Is Engaged to Ann Lesley Smith (Vanity Fair)

The billionaire said that he “dreaded falling in love” again after recently getting divorced from his fourth wife Jerry Hall, but “knew this would be [his] last ...

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Rupert Murdoch, 92, engaged to Ann Lesley Smith following fourth ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged for the fifth time, less than a year after his divorce from Jerry Hall. The 92-year billionaire revealed he had ...

The wedding is scheduled to take place this summer. That marriage lasted 14 years until their divorce in 2013. Mr Murdoch proposed in New York on St Patrick’s Day, joking that he is “one-fourth Irish”. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. She said: “I’m a widow 14 years. I dreaded falling in love, but I knew this would be my last.

Rupert Murdoch, 92, to marry for fifth time after confirming ... (Sky News)

Rupert Murdoch is set to marry for a fifth time after becoming engaged to his girlfriend, Ann Lesley Smith. The 92-year-old joked "it better be" his last ...

I waited for the right time. Former San Francisco police chaplain Ms Smith, whose late husband was country musician Chester Smith, said: "For us both it's a gift from God. Announcing the engagement in the New York Post, which is owned by Mr Murdoch's News Corporation, he said: "I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love - but I knew this would be my last. I'm a widow 14 years. Getting near 70 means being in the last half.

Rupert Murdoch is engaged to marry Ann Lesley Smith (CNN)

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is preparing to walk down the aisle for the fifth time.

They divorced in August last year. In 2016, he married his fourth wife, former model Jerry Hall, at St. “I was very nervous,” Murdoch said of their whirlwind romance. “I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. Smith was previously married to Chester Smith, a country singer and radio and TV executive, who died in 2008. “We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” Murdoch said.

Rupert Murdoch to marry for fifth time after engagement to Ann ... (BreakingNews.ie)

The wedding is set for late summer and the couple will split their time between California, the UK, Montana and New York.

“She and her husband also owned a vineyard and had been in the wine business. Former San Francisco police chaplain Ms Smith, 66, whose late husband was country musician Chester Smith, said: “For us both it’s a gift from God. I waited for the right time. Getting near 70 means being in the last half. I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. Mr Murdoch, 92, said: “I was very nervous.