Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1979

Jan 1 Film director John Carpenter (30) weds actress Adrienne Barbeau (33)

Feb 24 NBA player Bill Walton (26) weds Susan Guth

Mar 17 Actor Kurt Russell (28) weds actress Season Hubley (28)

Mar 26 Comedic actor Bob Denver (44) weds fourth wife Dreama Peery

Apr 6 Singer Rod Stewart & model Alana Collins wed

Apr 7 American country singer Rosanne Cash (23) weds American singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell (28)

Apr 28 Actor and comedian John Candy (28) weds Rosemary Margaret Hobor at St. Basil's Church in Toronto, Canada

May 12 US Senator Edward W. Brooke (59) weds second wife Anne Lee Fleming

May 19 British guitarist Eric Clapton (34) marries Model and George Harrison's ex-wife Patti Boyd (35); divorce in 1989

Jun 5 American blues musician Muddy Waters (64) weds Marva Jean Brooks (25) in Chicago

Sep 9 Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque

Sep 29 Actress Isabella Rossellini (27) weds director Martin Scorsese (36)

Oct 16 MLB outfielder Tim Raines (20) weds his high school sweetheart Virginia Hilton

Nov 24 Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (57) weds photographer Jill Krementz (39)

Dec 4 Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)

Dec 23 Stevie Ray Vaughan (25) weds Lenora "Lenny" Bailey (div. 1988)

Feb 26 Actor Max Von Sydow (49) divorces actress Christina Olin after 28 years of marriage

Aug 3 Professional boxer George Foreman (30) divorces Cynthia Lewis after more than a year of marriage