Famous Weddings
- Feb 2 Marina Ogilvy (daughter of Engl princess Alexandra) weds Paul Mowatt
Rowan Atkinson
Feb 5 British comic actor Rowan Atkinson (35) weds Sunetra Sastry in New York
Axl Rose
Apr 28 Guns & Roses' singer Axl Rose marries Erin Everly (annulled same year)
Alex Trebek
Apr 30 Game show host Alex Trebek (49) weds real-estate mogul Jean Currivan (27) at the Regency Club in Los Angeles
- May 5 "Crocodile Dundee" actors Paul Hogan (50) weds Linda Kozlowski (32) at their newly built $3 million mansion at Faraway Possum Creek in New South Wales, Australia
Patti Page
May 12 American singer Patti Page (62) weds Jerry Filiciotto
- Jun 9 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
Patrick Roy
Jun 9 NHL goaltender Patrick Roy (25) weds Michele Piuze at Saint-Sacrement Church in Quebec, Canada
Hank Williams Jr
Jul 1 Country singer-songwriter Hank Williams Jr (41) weds model Mary Jane Thomas at a Congregational church near his ranch in Missoula, Montana
Berry Gordy
Jul 17 American Motown Records founder Berry Gordy (60) weds Grace Easton; divorce in 1993
Yasser Arafat
Jul 17 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (56) weds Suha Tawil (27)
- Jul 17 PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis
Patrick Ewing
Jul 27 NBA star Patrick Ewing (27) weds Rita Williams
- Nov 23 Model Cheryl Tiegs marries actor Tony Peck
John Carpenter
Dec 1 Film director John Carpenter (36) weds producer Sandy King
David Lean
Dec 15 British Academy Award-winning "Lawrence of Arabia" director David Lean (82) weds 6th (and final) wife, British interior designer Sandra Cooke (51), until his death 4 months later
Natasha Richardson
Dec 15 British actress Natasha Richardson (27) weds British stage and screen producer Robert Fox (37); divorce in 1992
Rod Stewart
Dec 15 British singer Rod Stewart (45) weds American supermodel Rachel Hunter (21); divorce in 2006
Nicole Kidman & Tom Cruise
Dec 24 Actor Tom Cruise (28) marries actress Nicole Kidman (23)
- Dec 29 Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley
Famous Divorces
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Sarah Brightman
Jan 3 Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (41) divorces singer/dancer Sarah Brightman (29) after almost 7 years of marriage
Jimmy Johnson
Jan 17 NFL coach Jimmy Johnson (46) divorces Linda Kay Cooper after 26 years of marriage
Michael Keaton
Jan 29 Actor Michael Keaton (38) divorces actress Caroline McWilliams (44) after 7 years of marriage
- Apr 1 Guns & Roses' Duff McKagan divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames
Jeff Goldblum
Oct 14 American actors Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis file for divorce after nearly 2 years of marriage
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