Famous Weddings
- 1613 King James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik
Douglas MacArthur
1922 Soldier Douglas MacArthur (42) marries 1st wife heiress Louise Cromwell Brooks (32)
Sam Walton
1943 Walmart founder Sam Walton (24) weds Helen Robson (23)
- 1952 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller
Agnes Moorehead
1953 Actress Agnes Moorehead (52) weds actor & film director Robert Gist (35)
Willie Mays
1956 MLB center fielder Willie Mays (24) weds Margherite Wendell Chapman in NYC, New York
Bettie Page
1966 American pin-up model Bettie Page (43) weds lineman Harry Lear; divorce in 1972
Raquel Welch
1967 American actress Raquel Welch (26) weds American film producer Patrick Curtis (27) in Paris, France; divorce in 1972
Roger Miller
1978 American country singer Roger Miller (42) weds Mary Arnold
Elton John
1984 British singer Elton John (36) marries Renate Blauel at Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia; divorce in 1988
- 1988 American "General Hospital" TV star Jackie Zeman (34) weds (her third) Glenn Gorden; divorce in 2007
Buzz Aldrin
1988 American astronaut Buzz Aldrin (58) weds Lois Driggs Cannon
Courtney Love
1989 Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (24) weds vocalist James Moreland
Meg Ryan & Dennis Quaid
1991 American "When Harry Met Sally" actress Meg Ryan (29) weds American "Great Balls of Fire!" actor Dennis Quaid (37); divorce in 2001
Jerry Garcia
1994 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons (40) in Tiburon, California
Roseanne Barr
1995 Actress-comedienne Roseanne Barr (42) weds bodyguard Ben Thomas (28) at Caesars Tahoe, Nevada; divorce 2002
Prince Rogers Nelson
1996 American singer Prince Rogers Nelson (37) weds belly dancer Mayte Garcia (22) in Minneapolis; divorce in 1999
- 1996 Secretary of Defense and former US Senator William Cohen of Maine (56) weds Black Entertainment Television host Janet Langhart (54) at United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Sharon Stone
1998 Golden Globe Award-winning actress Sharon Stone (40) weds San Francisco Examiner executive editor Phil Bronstein (47) in Beverly Hills, California
Keith Hernandez
2005 Retired baseball player Keith Hernandez (51) weds Kai Thompson in Miami Beach, Florida
Henry Hill
2006 American mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill (62) weds 3rd wife Lisa Caserta
- 2007 Former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona (26) weds Mark Croft in Gretna Green
Keri Russell
2007 Former Felicity actress Keri Russell (30) weds longtime boyfriend Shane Deary (30) in NYC, New York
- 2008 Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (35) weds All Saints singer Nicole Appleton (33) at Westminster Register Office in London
Martin Crowe
2009 Cricketer Martin Crowe (46) weds former Miss Universe Lorraine Downes (44) in an intimate ceremony
Salma Hayek
2009 Mexican-American actress Salma Hayek (42) weds French billionaire and PPR CEO Francois-Henri Pinault (46) in Paris
Adriana Lima
2009 Victoria's Secret Angel model Adriana Lima (31) weds NBA player Marko Jaric (33) in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- 2013 Wedding planner to the stars Preston Bailey (63) weds Theo Bleckmann (47) at Empire State Building
Benedict Cumberbatch
2015 British actor Benedict Cumberbatch (38) weds opera director Sophie Hunter (36) at the 12th century Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Mottistone, England
Amy Schumer
2018 Comedian Amy Schumer weds chef Chris Fischer in Malibu
Famous Divorces
Albert Einstein
1919 German theoretical physicist Physicist Albert Einstein (39) divorces Serbian physicist and mathematician Mileva Marić (43) after 16 years of marriage
Mike Tyson & Robin Givens
1989 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in the Dominican Republic
Prince Rogers Nelson
1999 American singer Prince Rogers Nelson (40) divorces belly dancer Mayte Garcia (25) after 2 years of marriage
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