Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1970

Mar 12 Actor Phil Hartman (21) weds first wife Gretchen Lewis

Mar 20 British snger David Bowie (23) weds British model Angie Barnett, (20) at Bromley Register Office in Beckenham Lane, London; divorce in 1980

May 11 American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. (44) weds American entertainer Altovise Gore (26) in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania courthouse, officiated by the Rev. Jesse Jackson:, his third marriage lasts until his death in 1990

May 19 US Vice President Al Gore weds (22) weds author Tipper Aitcheson (21) at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

May 23 US Secretary of State John Kerry (26) weds heiress Julia Stimson Thorne (25)

Jun 4 Future "When Harry Met Sally" actor Billy Crystal (22) weds guidance counselor Janice Goldfinger (21) - they were American high school sweethearts

Jun 12 Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood (22) weds Jenny Boyd (23); divorce in 1975

Jun 21 "The Doors" lead singer Jim Morrison (26) "marries" author Patricia Kennealy (24) in a celtic pagan hand fasting ceremony, but the marriage is not legally binding

Jun 29 Medical researcher Jonas Salk (55) weds painter and author Françoise Gilot (48) in Paris

Jul 7 Actress Shelley Duvall (21) weds Bernard Sampson

Aug 23 US Solicitor General Ken Starr weds Alice Mendell

Aug 24 British "Pink Panther" actor Peter Sellers (44) weds British socialite and model Miranda Quarry (23); divorce in 1976

Sep 1 British "Bee Gees" singer-songwriter Barry Gibb (24) weds former Miss Edinburgh Linda Ann Gray

Sep 5 American advertising copywriter and future film and television producer Dick Wolf (23) weds Susan Scranton; divorce in 1983

Sep 14 American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder (20) marries American singer-songwriter Syreeta "Rita" Wright (24); divorce in 1972

Oct 2 Actor Christopher Plummer (40) weds actress Elaine Taylor (26) in Montreal, Quebec

Oct 2 Scottish singer Donovan (24) weds Linda Lawrence at Windsor Registry Office

Oct 3 English politician and future Prime Minister of UK John Major (27) weds English school teacher Norma Johnson (28) at St Matthew's Church, Brixton

Oct 18 Actor Lee Marvin (46) weds radio producer Pamela Feeley (40)

Oct 22 American "Godfather of Soul" singer James Brown (37) weds Deidre Jenkins (25) in Barnwell, South Carolina; divorce in 1981

Oct 31 American "Easy Rider" director and actor Dennis Hopper (34) weds American "The Mamas & the Papas" singer Michelle Phillips (26) in Mexico; divorce 8 days later

Nov 8 American "The Mamas & the Papas" singer Michelle Phillips (26) divorces American "Easy Rider" director and actor Dennis Hopper (34) after only 8 days of marriage