Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Jan 1 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
- Jan 28 American actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds American actor Edward James Olmos (46); divorce in 2002
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Feb 3 Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
Jerry Garcia
Feb 14 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons (40) in Tiburon, California
- Feb 18 Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31)
- Feb 26 Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren (34) weds Anette Qviberg (25) at Church of St. Eleanore, Stockholm; divorce in 2011
- Mar 13 Cuba Godding Jr (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26)
- Mar 26 Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman
- Mar 26 Half-brother of former President Bill Clinton and rodeo clown Roger Clinton (37) weds Molly Martin (25) in Dallas
- Apr 9 Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30)
- Apr 16 American singer and piano player Harry Connick, Jr. (26) weds American model Jill Goodacre (30) at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana
Dudley Moore
Apr 16 British actor Dudley Moore (58) weds actress Nicole Rothschild; divorced in 1998
- Apr 17 Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark
- Apr 24 Actor Lou Diamond Phillips marries Kelly Phillips
- Apr 26 "Mad About You" actress Leila Kenzel (33) weds Neil Monaco (34)
Todd Beamer
May 14 Software salesman Todd Beamer (25) weds Lisa Brosious in Peekskill, New York
- May 21 American actor and Burger King spokesman Dan Cortese (26) weds Dee Dee Hemby (26); divorce in 2012
Trisha Yearwood
May 21 American country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds American roots-rock bassist Robert Reynolds (32); divorce in 1999
Roone Arledge
May 21 ABC Sports President Roone Arledge (62) weds third wife Gigi Shaw
Wedding of Interest
May 26 American King of Pop, Michael Jackson (35) weds King of Rock 'n' Roll Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26) in La Romana, Dominican Republic
Rush Limbaugh
May 27 Radio personality Rush Limbaugh (43) weds wife No. 3, aerobic instructor Marta Fitzgerald (35), at the home of US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas; divorced 2004
- Jun 3 American "Pearl Jam" singer Eddie Vedder (29) weds Beth Liebling (27) in the Eternal City
Neil Armstrong
Jun 12 Astronaut Neil Armstrong (63) marries second wife Carol Held Knight
- Jun 26 Actor Brandon Cruz (32) weds Elizabeth Finkelstein (26)
Billie Joe Armstrong
Jul 2 "Green Day" vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong (22) weds Adeline Records co-owner Adrienne Nesser (24)
Wedding of Interest
Jul 3 Actress Natasha Richardson (31) weds actor Liam Neeson (42) at a private ceremony in New York
- Jul 10 The "Anthrax" heavy-metal guitarist Scott Ian (31) weds Debbie Leavitt (23) in Huntington Beach, California
Howard Stern
Jul 10 Fred Norris (from the Howard Stern Show) marries Allison Furman
- Jul 14 Princess Margaret's daughter Sarah Armstrong-Jones (30) weds ex-actor and fellow artist Daniel Chatto (37) at St. Stephen Walbrook Church in London
- Jul 16 Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds ½ billionaire J Howard Marshall II (89)
- Jul 18 "The Cranberries" lead singer Dolores O'Riordan (22) weds Don Burton (32) in Ireland; divorce in 2014
David Gilmour
Jul 29 British "Pink Floyd" guitarist David Gilmour (48) marries 2nd wife, British writer Polly Samson (32)
- Jul 30 Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (49) weds Naomi Baka (35) in Maui, Hawaii
- Aug 4 American rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (22) weds singer Faith Evans
- Aug 13 Former "Growing Pains" patriarch actor Alan Thicke (48) weds former Miss World Gina Marie Tolleson (25) at his rolling Santa Barbara ranch
- Aug 27 TV executive Anthony Radziwill (35) weds Emmy Award-winning journalist Carole Di Falco (31) in East Hampton, New York
Whoopi Goldberg
Oct 1 Actress Whoopi Goldberg (38) weds labor union organizer Lyle Trachtenberg in California
- Oct 8 "Growing Pains" actress Tracey Gold (25) weds Roby Marshall (29) at St. Charles Catholic Church
- Oct 29 Canadian-American comic-impressionist Rich Little (55) weds American comedian Jeannette Markey (28) at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; divorce in 1997
- Nov 20 Patti Davis weds Paul Hayeland
- Dec 10 Former Senate Majority Leader Mitchell (61) weds sports marketing executive Heather MacLachlan (35) at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City
Richie Sambora
Dec 17 Actress Heather Locklear (33) weds Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora (35) at The American Cathedral in Paris, France; divorce in 2007
Celine Dion
Dec 17 Queen of Pop Céline Dion (26) weds her manager Rene Angelil (52) at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Canada
Famous Divorces
- Jan 14 Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas
Bill Murray
Jan 29 Actor Bill Murray (43) divorces Margaret Kelly after 13 years of marriage
- Mar 24 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. divorces Emily Black
Billy Joel
Mar 26 American 'Piano Man' Billy Joel (45) and American supermodel Christie Brinkley (40) divorce after 9 years of marriage
Shannen Doherty
Apr 7 Actress Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton
- Apr 14 Musician Billy Joel & supermodel Christie Brinkley announce plans to divorce
- Apr 15 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson
Roseanne Barr
Apr 18 Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold
Patrick Dempsey
Apr 26 Actor Patrick Dempsey (28) divorces manager Rocky Parker after nearly 7 years of marriage
Lisa Marie Presley
Apr 28 Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough
Drew Barrymore
May 10 Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)
- Jun 1 Guns N' Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai
Sally Field
Jun 24 Sally Fields files for divorce from 2nd husband Alan Greisman
Divorce of Interest
Dec 1 Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere announce they are separating
