Famous Weddings
John Carpenter
Jan 1 Film director John Carpenter (30) weds actress Adrienne Barbeau (33)
Jean Shrimpton
Jan 12 English model Jean Shrimpton marries Michael Cox
Bill Walton
Feb 24 NBA player Bill Walton (26) weds Susan Guth
Kurt Russell
Mar 17 Actor Kurt Russell (28) weds actress Season Hubley (28)
Bob Denver
Mar 26 Comedic actor Bob Denver (44) weds fourth wife Dreama Peery
Rod Stewart
Apr 6 British singer Rod Stewart (34) weds American model and actress Alana Collins(33); divorce in 1984
Rosanne Cash
Apr 7 American country singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash (23) weds American singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell (28); divorce in 1992
John Candy
Apr 28 Actor and comedian John Candy (28) weds Rosemary Margaret Hobor at St. Basil's Church in Toronto, Canada
Edward W. Brooke
May 12 US Senator Edward W. Brooke (59) weds second wife Anne Lee Fleming
Eric Clapton & Pattie Boyd
May 19 British guitarist Eric Clapton (34) marries model and George Harrison's ex-wife Pattie Boyd (35); divorce in 1989
Muddy Waters
Jun 5 American blues musician Muddy Waters (64) weds Marva Jean Brooks (25) in Chicago
- Jul 8 British rock singer Marianne Faithfull (32) weds second husband British punk rocker Ben Briefly; divorce in 1986
Carlene Carter
Aug 18 British rock singer-songwriter Nick Lowe (30) weds American country singer Carlene Carter (23) (her third marriage); divorce in 1990
Cat Stevens
Sep 7 British singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) (31) weds Pakastani Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque, in London, England
Isabella Rossellini & Martin Scorsese
Sep 29 Actress Isabella Rossellini (27) weds director Martin Scorsese (36)
Tim Raines
Oct 16 MLB outfielder Tim Raines (20) weds his high school sweetheart Virginia Hilton
Kurt Vonnegut
Nov 24 Author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (57) weds photographer Jill Krementz (39)
Liza Minnelli
Dec 4 American singer Liza Minnelli (33) weds (her 3rd) American sculptor Mark Gero; divorce 1992
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dec 23 American blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan (25) weds Lenora "Lenny" Bailey; divorce in 1988
Famous Divorces
Max Von Sydow
Feb 26 Actor Max Von Sydow (49) divorces actress Christina Olin after 28 years of marriage
- Aug 3 American "All By Myself" singer-songwriter Eric Carmen (29) divorces wife Marcy Hill, after less than a year of marriage
George Foreman
Aug 3 Professional boxer George Foreman (30) divorces Cynthia Lewis after more than a year of marriage
Peter O'Toole
Aug 14 Actors Peter O'Toole and Sian Phillips divorce after nearly twenty years of marriage