Billionaire Rupert Murdoch reportedly ended his marriage to Jerry Hall with an 11-word sentence emailed to her. “Jerry, sadly I’ve decided to call an end to our marriage,” the media mogul wrote to his fourth wife in the divorce mail, according to Vanity Fair
At the age of 84, newly divorced from Wendi Deng, Rupert Murdoch fell in love with Jerry Hall. Murdoch and Hall spent months emailing and talking on the phone before she agreed to a lunch date in New York, according to reports
Six months into the relationship, Rupert Murdoch proposed to Jerry Hall and they wed at an 18th-century mansion in London in March 2016, seven days before Murdoch’s 85th birthday. “No more tweets for ten days or ever! Feel like the luckiest AND happiest man in world,” he posted after the ceremony
In June last year, Rupert Murdoch abruptly left his fourth wife, model-actor Jerry Hall. For two brief weeks this year, the 92-year-old billionaire was engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a former dental hygienist turned radio host before the engagement was called off
At the age of 91, Murdoch ended his marriage with Hall over an email. “Jerry, sadly I’ve decided to call an end to our marriage,” Murdoch’s email began. “We have certainly had some good times, but I have much to do… My New York lawyer will be contacting yours immediately," reported Vanity Fair
The Roy family depicted in the HBO show Succession is known to be based on the Murdoch family. Just like in the show, Murdoch has long wanted one of his three children from his second marriage - Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James - to take over the family business
On the trust’s governance, Murdoch has four votes while Elisabeth, Lachlan, James, and Prudence, Murdoch’s daughter from his first marriage, each have one. After Rupert Murdoch’s death, his votes will be distributed equally
Each of Rupert Murdoch's children has been a potential successor, and they will have the final say on the company’s future. Murdoch’s son Lachlan has reportedly alleged that his brother James is collaborating with Succession’s producer
The media mogul's other son James Murdoch is reportedly biding his time until he and his sisters can wrest control from Lachlan. Some even think James would purge Fox News, while others think he would sell up to private equity
In 1956, Murdoch married Patricia Booker, a former shop assistant and a flight attendant from Melbourne; the couple had their only child, Prudence, in 1958, and they divorced in 1967
In 1967, Murdoch married Anna Torv, a Scottish-born cadet journalist working for his Sydney newspaper The Daily Mirror. They divorced in June 1999, and Anna received a settlement of US $1.2 billion in assets, as per reports
On 25 June 1999, 17 days after divorcing his second wife, Murdoch, then aged 68, married Chinese-born Wendi Deng. Murdoch had two daughters with her: Grace and Chloe. On 13 June 2013, news broke that Murdoch filed for divorce from Deng in New York