Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1989

Jan 1 American actor and director Leonard Nimoy (57) weds American actress Susan Bay (45), until his death

Jan 7 MLB pitcher Greg Maddux (22) weds Kathy Ronnow

Jan 21 "Falcon Crest" actor Lorenzo Lamas (31) weds actress Kathleen Kinmont (23) at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas

Feb 9 NBA power forward Charles Barkley (26) weds legal aide Maureen Blumhardt in Elkton, Maryland

Feb 11 MLB pitcher Dave Righetti (30) weds Kandice Owen

Feb 14 Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (24) weds vocalist James Moreland

Feb 18 Baseball player Steve Garvey weds Candace Thomas while being accused of fathering children by two other women

Feb 20 Future police violence victim Rodney King (23) weds Crystal Lynnette Waters; divorce in 1996

Feb 24 Film director Tim Burton (30) weds photographer Lena Gieseke

Mar 4 Actress Phoebe Cates marries fellow actor Kevin Kline

Mar 5 Actor William Hurt marries second wife Heidi Henderson (divorced 1993)

Apr 29 Rock band Bon Jovi lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (27) weds Dorothea Hurley (26) at Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas

Apr 30 Actor and comedian Robin Williams (37) weds nanny Marsha Garces at a private ceremony in Lake Tahoe, California

May 16 MLB player Moisés Alou (22) weds Austria Melo

Jun 2 Actor James Woods (42) weds horse trainer Sarah Owen (26) in Beverly Hills, California

Jun 10 Detroit Red Wings NHL player Steve Yzerman (24) weds Lisa Brennan

Jun 16 Actor Hugh Laurie (30) weds theatre administrator Jo Green in Camden, London

Jul 1 Playboy founder Hugh Hefner weds playmate Kimberly Conrad

Jul 8 Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston (33) weds actress Robin Dearden (35)

Aug 30 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner

Sep 2 Actor Sam Neill (41) weds actress Noriko Watanabe (24)

Sep 2 NBA basketball star Michael Jordan (26) weds Juanita Vanoy (30) at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas

Sep 4 Tennis star Björn Borg (33) weds rock singer Loredana Berte (39) in a civil wedding

Sep 16 American pop singer Natalie Cole (39) weds American drummer and record producer Andre Fisher; divorce 1995

Sep 16 Tennis player Ivan Lendl (29) weds Samantha Frankel in Greenwich, Connecticut

Sep 23 Tennis Ace Zina Garrison (25) weds businessman Willard Jackson (25) at the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston

Sep 30 NBA legend Larry Bird (32) weds long-time girlfriend Dinah Mattingly in Terre Haute, Indiana

Oct 7 American radio and television talk show host Larry King (55) weds (for the 6th time) American businesswoman Julie Alexander; divorced in 1992

Oct 14 American novelist Sidney Sheldon (72) weds former American child actress Alexandra Kostoff in Las Vegas, Nevada

Oct 27 Actor John Goodman (37) weds Annabeth Hartzog (21) in New Orleans

Dec 9 "Baywatch" actor David Hasselhoff (37) weds actress Pamela Bach (26) at the Little Brown Church in Studio City, California

Dec 15 Actor and director George Clooney (28) weds actress Talia Balsam (30) in Las Vegas

Dec 20 Business magnate Richard Branson (39) weds Joan Templeman in British Virgin Islands

Dec 21 Explorer Edmund Hillary (70) weds June Mulgrew

Feb 16 Actress Jane Fonda and activist Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage

Mar 1 "Baywatch" actor David Hasselhoff (37) divorces actress Catherine Hickland (33) after nearly 5 years of marriage

Mar 1 Julianne Philips & Bruce Springsteen divorce

May 18 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from husband and MLB player Darryl Strawberry (they eventually divorce 1993)

Jun 15 Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (24) divorces vocalist James Moreland only 4 months after getting married