Ann Lesley Smith

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Rupert Murdoch to marry for fifth time at 92: 'I knew this would be my ... (The Guardian)

Billionaire mogul will marry Ann Lesley Smith, 66, whom he met in September of 2022. 'We share the same beliefs,' Smith says.

But he denied that Fox News itself had endorsed the narrative. A lot of people haven’t gone through a lot, and they pontificate on stuff they’ve read in a book.” A trial is scheduled to start on 17 April in Delaware. The pair met when she was working as a prison chaplain. Smith told the New York Post: “I’m a widow 14 years. “We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” Murdoch said.

Rupert Murdoch Engaged to Ann Lesley Smith (Variety)

Rupert Murdoch just can't stay single. Less than a year after divorcing Jerry Hall, the 92-year-old Fox mogul is hearing wedding bells again.

As the head of News Corporation, he also owns the New York Post, in addition to the Wall Street Journal, The Sun and book publisher Harper Collins. In addition to Hall, Murdoch was previously married to Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2013; Anna Maria Torv from 1967 to 1999; and Patricia Booker from 1956 to 1967. A spokesperson for Murdoch confirmed the engagement to Variety.

Rupert Murdoch is engaged to marry Ann Lesley Smith (CNN)

Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is preparing to walk down the aisle for the fifth time.

They divorced in August last year. In 2016, he married his fourth wife, former model Jerry Hall, at St. “I was very nervous,” Murdoch said of their whirlwind romance. “I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. Smith was previously married to Chester Smith, a country singer and radio and TV executive, who died in 2008. “We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,” Murdoch said.

Rupert Murdoch proposed to Ann Lesley Smith on St. Pat's Day (Los Angeles Times)

Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old billionaire media mogul behind Fox News and News Corp., is tying the knot again. Fifth time's the charm?

“She and her husband also owned a vineyard and had been in the wine business,” he said. “Last year when there was 200 people at my vineyard, I met her and we talked a bit. I’m happy.”](https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/) [Rupert Murdoch did not believe the 2020 election was ‘stolen,’ despite what you heard on Fox News](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-03-07/rupert-murdoch-did-not-believe-the-2020-election-was-stolen-despite-what-you-heard-on-fox-news) The two married and recorded a 13-track country album together in 2005 called “ “Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. “I’m a widow 14 years,” she continued. Huntington, an attorney whom she said was “a descendant of one of California’s pioneering railroad families.” The marriage allegedly turned abusive, and Smith was left penniless and homeless when they divorced. I waited for the right time. [Jerry Hall](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-06-22/rupert-murdoch-jerry-hall-divocring-after-six-years-marriage), the model and actor who shares four children with Mick Jagger. “I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love — but I knew this would be my last. Fifth time’s the charm?

Rupert Murdoch, 92, announces engagement to Ann Lesley Smith (The Hill)

Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old media mogul, announced on Monday that he was getting married for the fifth time, he told the New York Post after proposing ...

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'I Dreaded Falling in Love.' Rupert Murdoch Is Getting Hitched for the ... (Entrepreneur)

The 92-year-old media tycoon announces he will wed former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith.

Murdoch and Smith first connected at a bash Murdoch hosted at his vineyard Moraga in Bel Air, California, a few years ago. Getting near 70 means being in the last half. "I'm a widow 14 years," said Smith. "It's not my first rodeo. "My husband was a businessman... I've been here, and you can get out.' It gives them hope," she said. [New York Post](https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/), a tabloid he owns. We share the same beliefs," she said. He founded Sainte Television Group, the largest privately-owned broadcast company with stations. I'm happy," he said. "I was very nervous. He said he popped the question to his bride-to-be on St.