Famous Weddings
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Jan 21 Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (57) weds toy inventor Jack Ryan (48) (div. 1976)
Johnny Bench
Feb 21 Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench (27) weds Vickie Chesser in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Mar 8 5th Earl of Lichfield Patrick Anson (35) weds Lady Leonora Grosvenor (26), daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster at Chester Cathedral in England
Peter Agre
Mar 29 Molecular biologist Peter Agre (26) weds Mary Macgill
Jane Curtin
Apr 2 Actress Jane Curtin (27) weds television producer Patrick Lynch
Sean Connery
May 6 Actor Sean Connery (44) weds Micheline Roquebrune in Casablanca
- Jun 7 Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard (21) weds Cheryl Alley (21) at Magnolia Park United Methodist Church in Burbank, California
David Gilmour
Jul 7 Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour (29) weds American model and artist Virginia "Ginger" Hasenbein (26); divorce in 1990
William Peter Blatty
Jul 20 "The Exorcist" writer William Peter Blatty (47) weds tennis player Linda Tuero (24) in Las Vegas
- Aug 5 Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry (25) weds Elissa Jerret
Maggie Smith
Aug 23 Actress Maggie Smith (40) weds playwright Beverley Cross (44) at the Guildford Register Office in Surrey, England
Roone Arledge
Sep 1 Broadcasting pioneer Roone Arledge (44) weds Ann Fowler; divorce in 1985
Danielle Steel
Sep 13 Novelist Danielle Steel (28) weds Danny Zugelder in the prison canteen
Dudley Moore
Sep 20 British comic actor Dudley Moore (40) weds American actress Tuesday Weld (31) ; divorced in 1980
Wedding of Interest
Oct 10 Actress Elizabeth Taylor (43) 6th marriage and remarriage to actor Richard Burton (49)
Wedding of Interest
Oct 11 Future US President Bill Clinton (29) weds future US Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham (28) in a Methodist ceremony in their living room in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Maurice Gibb
Oct 17 Bee Gees Maurice Gibb weds Yvonne Spencely
Larry Bird
Nov 8 NBA legend Larry Bird (18) weds highschool sweetheart Janet Condra
Buzz Aldrin
Dec 19 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin (45) weds Beverly Zile
Martin Scorsese
Dec 30 Director Martin Scorsese (33) weds teacher and author Julia Cameron (27) in Libertyville, Illinois
Famous Divorces
Tammy Wynette
Mar 21 American country singer Tammy Wynette (33) divorces American country singer-songwriter George Jones (43), after 6 years of marriage
Ringo Starr
Jul 17 Beatle member Ringo Starr & Maureen Cox Starkey divorce, after 10 years of marriage
Ben Bradlee
Nov 10 Journalist Ben Bradlee (54) divorces Antoinette Pinchot after 19 years of marriage