Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1978

Feb 14 American country singer Roger Miller (42) weds Mary Arnold

Mar 28 Actor Jeremy Irons (29) weds actress Sinéad Cusack (30)

Apr 11 American "Queen of Soul" singer Aretha Franklin (36) weds second husband, American "Cooley High" actor Glynn Turman (31) at her father's church in Detroit, Michigan; divorce in 1984

Apr 15 American romance novelist Danielle Steel (30) weds (her third time) William George Toth; divorce in 1981

May 20 Soldier and later politician Lee Hsien Loong marries first wife doctor Wong Ming Yang

May 28 NBA legend Jerry West (40) weds cheerleader Karen Bua

May 29 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (24) weds school teacher Anna Friedmann

Jun 4 Broadcaster Howard Stern (24) marries Alison Berns at Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline Massachusetts.

Jun 4 Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams (26) weds first wife Valerie Velardi

Jul 6 American country singer Tammy Wynette (36) weds American record producer George Richey (42) in Florida (her 5th husband, his 3rd wife) until he death in 1998

Aug 2 Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young (32) weds American diner waitress Pegi Morton (25); divorce in 2014

Aug 11 Spanish-American singer Charo (27?) weds second husband Swedish film producer Kjell Rasten, in South Lake Tahoe, California, until his death in 2019

Aug 23 Actress Kate Jackson (29) weds actor Andrew Stevens (23) in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Sep 2 British musician George Harrison (35) marries American record label marketer Olivia Arias (30) at the Henley-on-Thames Register Office in England

Sep 2 Cuban-American singer Gloria Fajardo (21) weds "Miami Sound Machine" musician and producer Emilio Estefan (25) in Florida

Sep 30 Actress Meryl Streep (29) weds sculptor Don Gummer (31) in Mason's Island, Connecticut

Oct 7 American country singer-songwriter Merle Haggard (41) weds his backup singer Leona Williams (35); divorce in 1983

Oct 13 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu

Oct 20 Journalist Ben Bradlee (57) weds fellow journalist Sally Quinn (37)

Nov 4 "The Nanny" actress Fran Drescher (20) weds writer and director Peter Marc Jacobson (20) (divorced 1999)

Dec 17 Star Wars actor Mark Hamill (26) weds dental hygienist Marilou York (23) on a civil ceremony

Dec 31 American best-selling author Michael Crichton (36) weds second wife, American lawyer Kathleen St. Johns; divorce in 1980

Apr 14 Novelist Danielle Steel (30) divorces Danny Zugelder after almost 3 years of marriage

May 1 Actress and model Bianca Jagger (32) files for divorce from Rolling Stone singer Mick Jagger (34) after 7 years of marriage on the grounds of his adultery with model Jerry Hall

Jun 15 US Senator Edward W. Brooke (58) divorces first wife Remigia Ferrari-Scacco after 31 years of marriage