Rupert Murdoch And Jerry Hall Annouce Engagement After Attending Golden Globes In Los Angeles
Rupert Murdoch And Jerry Hall Annouce Engagement In Media Mogul's Paper
Steven Hopkins— The Huffington Post UK
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Rupert Murdoch is set to marry former supermodel Jerry Hall, with news of their engagement being carried on the Births, Marriages and Deaths page of one the media mogul's newspapers, The Times.
The executive chairman of News Corporation has been dating Hall for four months. Murdoch, 84, reportedly started seeing Hall, 59, after the pair were introduced by one of his sisters and his niece, Penny Fowler, in Australia.
The marriage will be the fourth for Murdoch and the first for Hall, although she lived with The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger for 23 years before they split-up in 1999. The pair had four children.
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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall, pictured above attending the Golden Globe awards, have announced their engagement
The new relationship reportedly began in the summer. A spokesman reportedly told the BBC: "They have loved these past months together."
He added they were "thrilled to be getting married and excited about their future".
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The couple's engagement notice as carried in The Times
Australian-born Murdoch, who now has US nationality, split up with his third wife Wendi Deng in 2013.
Murdoch and Hall were first spotted together in public in October at the Rugby World Cup final in London between Australia and New Zealand.
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Murdoch and model Jerry Hall arrive at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (credit:WENN.com)
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Murdoch and model Jerry Hall arrive at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (credit:FameFlynet.uk.com)
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Murdoch and model Jerry Hall arrive at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (credit:FameFlynet.uk.com)
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Murdoch and model Jerry Hall arrive at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)
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Pictured: (l-r) News Crop. CEO Rupert Murdoch and model Jerry Hall arrive to the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 10, 2016. (Photo by Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Polk/NBC via Getty Images)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 10: Business magnate Rupert Murdoch (L) and model Jerry Hall attend FOX Golden Globe Awards Party 2016 sponsored by American Airlines at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Getty Images for FOX) (credit:Todd Williamson via Getty Images)
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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall at the Golden Globes Party (credit:Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP)
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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall attend the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final match between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium on October 31, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Pool/Indigo/Getty Images) (credit:Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty Images)
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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall attend the Rugby World Cup Final match between New Zealand and Australia during the Rugby World Cup 2015 at Twickenham Stadium on October 31, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall attend the Rugby World Cup Final match between New Zealand and Australia during the Rugby World Cup 2015 at Twickenham Stadium on October 31, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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Murdoch explains the finer-points of the game to Jerry Hall (credit:Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty Images)
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Murdoch and Hall raise their arms in celebrations during the RWC final (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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FOXBOROUGH, MA - DECEMBER 6: Patriots owner Robert Kraft talks with Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall before the New England Patriots play the Phildelaphia Eagles at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) (credit:Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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Murdoch shakes hands with Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Hall watches on at Gillette Stadium in December 2015 (credit:Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2015, file photo, media mogul Rupert Murdoch stands with model Jerry Hall during the Rugby World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham Stadium, London. Murdoch has announced his engagement to Hall, the actress and former supermodel who had a long-time relationship with Mick Jagger, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Times reports that the couple got engaged while in Los Angeles at the weekend, where they were pictured attending the Golden Globe awards ceremony.
The notice in the paper reads: "Mr Rupert Murdoch, father of Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan, James, Grace and Chloe Murdoch, and Miss Jerry Hall, mother of Elizabeth, James, Georgia and Gabriel Jagger, are delighted to announce their engagement."