Famous Weddings
Eleanor & Franklin D. Roosevelt
1905 Eleanor Roosevelt (20) marries Franklin D. Roosevelt (23) later 32nd US President in New York, & given away by her uncle, 26th President Theodore Roosevelt
Charlton Heston
1944 American actor Charlton Heston (20) weds American actress and photographer Lydia Clarke (20)
- 1955 Erotic writer Anaïs Nin marries actor Rupert Pole at Quartzsite, Arizona, while still married to her first husband
Christopher Lee
1961 Actor Christopher Lee (38) weds actress Gitte Lee (25)
Keith Moon
1966 The Who drummer Keith Moon (19) weds model Kim Kerrigan (18) at Brent Registry Office
Alice Walker
1967 "The Color Purple" novelist Alice Walker (23) weds civil rights lawyer Melvyn Leventhal (23) in New York City; divorce in 1976
Kurt Russell
1979 Actor Kurt Russell (28) weds actress Season Hubley (28)
Peyton Manning
2001 NFL Quarterback Peyton Manning (24) weds Ashley Thompson in Memphis, Tennessee
- 2006 Publicist Lizzie Grubman (35) weds Chris Stern in New York
Famous Divorces
Paul McCartney & Heather Mills
2008 Musician Paul McCartney (65) divorces former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills (40) on the grounds of unreasonable behavior after 5-1/2 years of marriage