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MOSCOW, 5 Apr. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and 66-year-old Ann Leslie Smith broke off their engagement, writes Vanity Fair.
The fact that he is going to marry for the fifth time 92-year-old businessman said in mid-March. The wedding was planned for the summer. What caused the breakup is unclear. A spokesman for Murdoch declined to comment, according to CNN.
Parting is the finale of a stormy romance. Murdoch and the widow of country musician Chester Smith met in September 2022 at a California vineyard. The new girlfriend of the entrepreneur became known at the beginning of 2023 — the lovers were photographed on vacation in Barbados. Ann Leslie called their relationship «a gift from God.»
Murdoch's first wife is Patricia Booker, an ex-saleswoman and stewardess. The businessman was married to her from 1956 to 1967. In the same 1967, he legalized relations with journalist Anna Mann, in 1999 the couple divorced. Soon Murdoch remarried, Wendi Deng became the chosen one. The media mogul filed for divorce in 2013. The fourth wife is model Jerry Hall. The wedding was in 2016, and the divorce was in 2022.