Famous Weddings
Bill Bradley
Jan 14 US Senator Bill Bradley (30) weds professor Ernestine Schlant
Maya Angelou
Jan 18 American poet and author Maya Angelou (45) weds Welsh model and writer Paul Bernard Du Feu, her second marriage, his third; divorce in 1983
- Jan 31 "The Outlaw" actress Jane Russell (52) weds real-estate broker John Calvin People (45) in Santa Barbara, California
Julius Erving
Feb 10 NBA player Julius Erving (23) weds model Turquoise Brown at Waldorf
Mike Schmidt
Feb 16 MLB player Mike Schmidt (24) weds Donna Wightman
Sissy Spacek
Apr 12 "Coal Miner's Daughter" actress Sissy Spacek weds art director Jack Fisk
- Jun 5 "Sly and the Family Stone" frontman Sly Stone (31) weds model-actress Kathy Silva at Madison Square Garden
Richard Harris
Jun 7 Irish actor and singer Richard Harris (43) weds American actress Ann Turkel (27); divorce in 1982
Jerry Lucas
Jun 8 NBA forward Jerry Lucas (34) weds second wife Sharalee Beard
Barry White
Jul 4 American soul singer Barry White (29) weds R&B singer Glodean James (28) at a private ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada; Separate in 1988, but never divorce
- Jul 16 "The Osmonds" singer Alan Osmond (25) weds Suzanne Pinegar at LDS Temple in Provo, Utah
Faye Dunaway
Aug 7 American actress Faye Dunaway (33) weds American rock singer Peter Wolf (28) of J. Geils Band; divorce in 1979
Quincy Jones Jr & Peggy Lipton
Sep 14 American composer-arranger-producer Quincy Jones Jr (41) weds American "Mod Squad" actress Peggy Lipton (28) in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 1990
Liza Minnelli
Sep 15 American singer Liza Minnelli (27) weds (her 2nd) American film and documentary director Jack Haley, Jr (40); divorce 1979
Thabo Mbeki
Nov 23 South African ANC leader Thabo Mbeki (32) marries social worker Zanele Dlamini (36) in London, England
Famous Divorces
George Foreman
Feb 13 Professional boxer George Foreman (25) divorces Adrienne Calhoun after almost 3 years of marriage
Cher & Sonny Bono
Feb 20 American singer and actress Cher (27) files for separation from husband singer-songwriter Sonny Bono (38)
Maggie Smith
May 6 Actress Maggie Smith (39) divorces actor Robert Stephens (42) after 6 years of marriage
Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton
Jun 26 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 5th divorce from Welsh actor Richard Burton, after just over 10 years of marriage
Quincy Jones Jr
Sep 13 American producer Quincy Jones Jr (41) divorces actress Ulla Andersson (28) after 5 years of marriage
Elizabeth Montgomery
Oct 10 American "Bewiched" actress Elizabeth Montgomery (41) divorces American "Bewitched" director-producer William Asher (53) after 11 years of marriage