Fifth time's the charm for Rupert Murdoch: the billionaire is officially engaged to Ann Lesley Smith.
, since 1976, commemorated both Saint Patrick’s Day and his birth month by asking Smith to be his wife with an Asscher-cut solitaire diamond that he personally selected, explaining that he chose the date because “I’m one-fourth Irish.” He added, “I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love—but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy.”
Smith, who was formerly the San Francisco police chaplain and wife of the late country singer and TV executive Chester Smith, told the outlet that their relationship, “For us both, it's a gift from God. We met last September.” She continued, “I’m a widow 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. Worked for local papers, developed radio and TV stations and helped promote Univision. So I speak Rupert’s language. We share the same beliefs. In perspective, it’s not my first rodeo.
Murdoch went on to describe how the couple met at his Moraga vineyard in Bel Air, California, saying, “She and her husband also owned a vineyard and had been in the wine business. Last year when there was 200 people at my vineyard, I met her and we talked a bit. Two weeks later I called her.” He concluded, “We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together.
Murdoch is father to six children from his four previous marriages. He had 64-year-old newspaper executivewith his first wife, flight attendant and model Patricia Booker. The pair wed in Australia in 1956 when Murdoch was just 25 years old and divorced 11 years later. The following year, he wed Scottish journalistnewspaper. They share three children together, 53-year-old
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