Rupert Murdoch's Five Marriages & Six Children

0:00It's March 13th. Here's what's happening in entertainment. Rupert Murdock, the 93-year-old media powerhouse behind newscorp and outlets like the New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and the Times, has been married five times over nearly seven decades. The Australian American tycoon, fathered six children across these unions, sparking endless talk about whom I one day lead his vast empire. His first marriage came in 1956 to Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker, with whom he had daughter prudence, that lasted 11 years until their divorce in 1967. Right after, he wed journalist Anna Torf, a relationship that endured 32 years and produced three key ares, Elizabeth, Lachlan, and James. Those kids grew up immersed in the family business, fueling succession-style drama over succession. Anna received a whopping $1.7 billion in their 1999 settlement. She later said the man she loved had changed, and she passed away earlier this year at 81.

1:03Murdock's third wife was Wendy Deng, a Chinese-born executive he met through his company. They married on his yacht weeks after his prior divorce, had daughters Grace and Chloe and split in 2013 after 14 years. This fourth match was model Jerry Hall in 2016, that six-year union ended amicably in 2022. Now happily hitched to retired Russian biologist Elena Zhukova since June 2024, Murdock was introduced to her by Deng herself. The low-key wedding at his California vineyard, caps a life of high-profile romances that have mirrored his headline-grabbing career. Support for this D&N episode comes from our sponsor, Comfort You Can Hear, Sound You Can Relax Into S-O-L-I-SoliPillow.com