Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1974

Jan 14 US Senator Bill Bradley (30) weds professor Ernestine Schlant

Jan 18 American poet and author Maya Angelou (45) weds Welsh model and writer Paul Bernard Du Feu, her second marriage, his third; divorce in 1983

Feb 10 NBA player Julius Erving (23) weds model Turquoise Brown at Waldorf

Feb 16 MLB player Mike Schmidt (24) weds Donna Wightman

Feb 23 Future US Governor Jeb Bush (21) weds Columba Bush (20) in Austin, Texas

Apr 12 "Coal Miner's Daughter" actress Sissy Spacek weds art director Jack Fisk

Jun 7 Irish actor and singer Richard Harris (43) weds American actress Ann Turkel (27); divorce in 1982

Jun 8 NBA forward Jerry Lucas (34) weds second wife Sharalee Beard

Jul 4 American soul singer Barry White (29) weds R&B singer Glodean James (28) at a private ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada; Separate in 1988, but never divorce

Aug 7 American actress Faye Dunaway (33) weds American rock singer Peter Wolf (28) of J. Geils Band; divorce in 1979

Aug 19 British EGOT (Emmy; Grammy; Oscar; and Tony Awards winner) lyricist Tim Rice (29) weds British actress Jane McIntosh

Sep 15 American singer Liza Minnelli (27) weds (her 2nd) American film and documentary director Jack Haley, Jr (40); divorce 1979

Nov 23 South African ANC leader Thabo Mbeki (32) marries social worker Zanele Dlamini (36) in London, England

Feb 13 Professional boxer George Foreman (25) divorces Adrienne Calhoun after almost 3 years of marriage

May 6 Actress Maggie Smith (39) divorces actor Robert Stephens (42) after 6 years of marriage

Sep 13 American producer Quincy Jones Jr (41) divorces actress Ulla Andersson (28) after 5 years of marriage

Oct 10 American "Bewiched" actress Elizabeth Montgomery (41) divorces American "Bewitched" director-producer William Asher (53) after 11 years of marriage