Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1979

Jan 1 Film director John Carpenter (30) weds actress Adrienne Barbeau (33)

Jan 12 English model Jean Shrimpton marries Michael Cox

Feb 24 NBA player Bill Walton (26) weds Susan Guth

Mar 17 Actor Kurt Russell (28) weds actress Season Hubley (28)

Mar 26 Comedic actor Bob Denver (44) weds fourth wife Dreama Peery

Apr 6 British singer Rod Stewart (34) weds American model and actress Alana Collins(33); divorce in 1984

Apr 7 American country singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash (23) weds American singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell (28); divorce in 1992

Apr 28 Actor and comedian John Candy (28) weds Rosemary Margaret Hobor at St. Basil's Church in Toronto, Canada

May 12 US Senator Edward W. Brooke (59) weds second wife Anne Lee Fleming

Jun 5 American blues musician Muddy Waters (64) weds Marva Jean Brooks (25) in Chicago

Aug 18 British rock singer-songwriter Nick Lowe (30) weds American country singer Carlene Carter (23) (her third marriage); divorce in 1990

Sep 7 British singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) (31) weds Pakastani Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque, in London, England

Oct 16 MLB outfielder Tim Raines (20) weds his high school sweetheart Virginia Hilton

Nov 24 Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (57) weds photographer Jill Krementz (39)

Dec 4 American singer Liza Minnelli (33) weds (her 3rd) American sculptor Mark Gero; divorce 1992

Dec 23 American blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan (25) weds Lenora "Lenny" Bailey; divorce in 1988

Feb 26 Actor Max Von Sydow (49) divorces actress Christina Olin after 28 years of marriage

Aug 3 Professional boxer George Foreman (30) divorces Cynthia Lewis after more than a year of marriage

Aug 14 Actors Peter O'Toole and Sian Phillips divorce after nearly twenty years of marriage