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Rupert Murdoch is engaged for the sixth time! The 92-year-old is getting married to retired scientist Elena Zhukova in June. Elena Zhukova is molecular biologist who has previously worked at the medical research unit in UCLA. The 67-year-old is the mother of Dasha, a Russian socialite who was once married to former Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich. Murdoch and Zhukova met through his third wife Wendi Deng last year and have been dating since August.
Murdoch, who stepped down as chairman of Fox and News Corp in September last year, has been married four other times. Here's everything you need to know about his ex-wives.
Patricia Booker
Murdoch married Patricia Booker, a flight attendant from Australia, in 1956. He was 25 years old at the time. The couple welcomed their daughter, Prudence, in 1958. Murdoch and Booker divorced in 1967. Booker went on to marry Freddie Maeder. She died in 1998.
Anna Maria Torv
Murdoch married Scottish-born journalist Anna Maria Torv in 1967, the same year he got divorced from his first wife. The two divorced in 1999 after being married for 32 years.
Speaking to Australian Women's Weekly about their split, she said, "I began to think the Rupert Murdoch that I loved died a long time ago. Perhaps I was in love with the idea of still being in love with him. But the Rupert I fell in love with could not have behaved this way."
The couple has three children: daughter Elisabeth, sons Lachlan and James. All the children have been involved in News Corp with their father.
Wendi Deng
Murdoch married Wendi Deng in 1999, just weeks after finalizing his divorce from Torv. Deng, who was 30 at the time of their wedding, met Murdoch for the first time at the Star TV in Hong Kong in 1997. Deng is an entrepreneur, investor, and a movie producer. She currently resides in Southampton, New York. The former couple has two daughters: Grace and Chloe. They divorced in 2013 after 14 years of marriage.
Jerry Hall
Jerry Hall is a former model and actress. She was introduced to Murdoch by one of his sisters and his niece in Australia. They got married in 2016. The couple was married for six years and divorced in August 2022. They do not have children together.
Hall was previously in a relationship with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. They have four children.
