Rupert Murdoch

Murdoch, 92, proposed to Smith, 66, in March after a whirlwind romance which both tagged "a gift from God".

“She just could not cope with being in the public eye. Patrick’s Day in New York City. According to sources close to Smith, the lovebirds both reached a mutual decision to break up as Ann could not cope with the publicity that trailed their relationship.

Four-times-married Murdoch's engagement to conservative radio host Ann Lesley Smith was announced last month.

During the litigation, Smith was accused of “financial elder abuse” by one of the children. Smith was previously involved in a court battle with her husband’s stepchildren over his multimillion-dollar assets, Vanity Fair added. Murdoch selected Smith’s engagement ring, the Post reported, picking out a Asscher-cut diamond solitaire. “Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. “I was very nervous,” he said. “I’m a widow 14 years,” she said.

Rupert Murdoch calls off engagement to Ann Lesley Smith with wedding only months away.

Murdoch was nearly 85 at the time and Hall was 59. Murdoch announced his engagement in The Times, a newspaper he owns, to former model Hall in 2016 and the pair were married in March of that year. The pair had two children, Grace, born in 2001, and Chloe, born in 2003 — bringing the total to six. Murdoch and Torv divorced in 1999. The couple divorced in 1967 and Prudence has gone on to hold several roles in News Corporation. [Fox](/topic/fox) chairman Murdoch [confirmed the engagement ](https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/)in an interview with the [New York Post](/topic/new-york-post), a title he owns, on March 20 — just over two weeks ago.

Business magnate and Fox Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch turned heads after he announced that he's getting engaged for a fifth time with radio host and ...

Even if Smith and Murdoch married, the media magnate’s six children wouldn’t have been affected as Smith had no children of her own. Interestingly, his first wife Patricia Booker was three years older as she was born in 1928 and Murdoch was born in 1931. Murdoch however was confident that Ann Lesley Smith was the final love of his life before their subsequent breakup. He died in 2008, leaving his multi-million dollar fortune to be disputed between Anne Lesley Smith and her step-daughters (who accused her of subjecting Chester to 'financial elder abuse'). Smith married John B Huntington in her 20s, her husband being the inheritor of a Californian railroad fortune. In 1999, Smith married Michael Carabello, a percussionist who used to tour with guitarist Santana.

The marriage, which the couple said was to take place in the summer, would have been Murdoch's fifth. He was previously married to Jerry Hall, Wendi Murdoch, ...

And I prayed for God to help me and forgive me of my sins,” she said, adding: “The Lord gave me thirst and a hunger for Him, and I actually replaced the things of the world with the Scriptures. As I began to walk with God, the things of the world just seemed pointless to me.” I’m happy,” the Fox Corporation chairman told gossip columnist Cindy Adams in an article published in the [ New York Post](https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/). Smith confirmed last month that they met in September at Murdoch’s vineyard in Bel Air, California. I waited for the right time. [who has been married four times previously](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/rupert-murdoch-wives-divorce-settlements-b2304937.html), announced his engagement to the former dental hygienist, 66, last month. We share the same beliefs,” she said at the time. He was previously married to Jerry Hall, Wendi Murdoch, Anna Murdoch Mann, and Patricia Booker. At the time, Murdoch revealed he’d proposed to Smith with an Asscher-cut diamond solitaire ring, which he personally selected, on St Patrick’s Day. [finalised their divorce ](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jerry-hall-rupert-murdoch-divorce-b2142710.html)just seven months before the media mogul announced his engagement to Smith. Getting near 70 means being in the last half. [Chelsea Ritschel](/author/chelsea-ritschel) Comments [Rupert Murdoch](/topic/rupert-murdoch) and Ann Lesley Smith have reportedly called off their [engagement](/topic/engagement), just two weeks after [ announcing their plans to marry.](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/rupert-murdoch-engaged-ann-lesley-smith-b2304326.html)

Rupert Murdoch, 92, and Ann Lesley Smith, 66, called off their engagement just over two weeks after announcing their pending nuptials.

[Murdoch told the Post he proposed](https://globalnews.ca/news/9566751/rupert-murdoch-ann-lesley-smith-to-marry/) to Smith, 66, in New York City on St. Most recently, he married model Hall in 2016. The couple divorced in 2013. They divorced in 1967. She said she had been suicidal until she discovered Jesus in a coffee shop. She later became a street preacher in Marin County, Calif.

US judge says he 'would not quash' subpoena from Dominion Voting Systems requesting testimony from mogul and son Lachlan.

Dominion Voting Systems wants a judge to force Fox Corp. executives Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in its suit against Fox News and Fox ...

Fox Corp. signaled it's ready to fight to stop Rupert Murdoch from being forced to testify at the trial of a $1.6 billion defamation suit over Fox News's ...

Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Fox Corporation board member Paul Ryan and Fox Corp. executive Viet Dinh can be compelled to testify in Dominion's upcoming ...

Dominion Voting Systems is urging a Delaware judge to compel Fox execs Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in court.

Fox Corp executives Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch can be called to testify at this month's defamation trial over a $1.6 billion lawsuit claiming the media ...