Rupert Murdoch Engaged to Ann Lesley Smith After Jerry Corridor Breakup

Rupert Murdoch has information of his personal to share: He is set to stroll down the aisle once more.

Seven months after finalizing his divorce from ex-wife Jerry Corridor, the billionaire, 92, introduced he’s engaged to former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, 66. As Rupert—who proposed on St. Patrick’s Day—famous, he was “very nervous” to pop the query to his now-fiancée.

“I dreaded falling in love—however I knew this could be my final,” Rupert, who has beforehand been married 4 occasions, advised the New York Put up. “It higher be. I am glad.”

As Ann defined, they got here into one another’s lives on the good second.

“I am a widow 14 years,” she advised the publication, which is owned by Rupert’s firm Information Company. “Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. Labored for native papers, developed radio and TV stations and helped promote Univision. So, I communicate Rupert’s language. We share the identical beliefs.”

Relating to the couple’s future, which can embody a marriage this summer season, Rupert famous they could not be happier, including, “We’re each trying ahead to spending the second half of our lives collectively.”