Famous Weddings
Benny Andersson & Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Oct 6 ABBA member Anni-Frid Lyngstad (32) weds fellow ABBA musician Benny Andersson (31); separate in 1980, divorce in 1981
Merle Haggard
Oct 7 American country singer-songwriter Merle Haggard (41) weds his backup singer Leona Williams (35); divorce in 1983
James Earl Ray
Oct 13 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu
Ben Bradlee
Oct 20 Journalist Ben Bradlee (57) weds fellow journalist Sally Quinn (37)
- Oct 31 American "All By Myself" singer-songwriter Eric Carmen (29) weds Marcy Hill; divorce in less than a year
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