<p>Media mogul <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rupert-murdoch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rupert Murdoch</a> is engaged to be married for the fifth time, less than a year after his last divorce.</p>
<p>Murdoch, the 92-year-old chairman of the vast News Corporation empire, reportedly plans to tie the knot this time with Ann Lesley Smith, 66, sometime in the summer.</p>
<p>“I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love — but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I’m happy,&#8221; Murdoch told one of his news outlets, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/20/rupert-murdoch-engaged-to-ann-lesley-smith/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a>, which noted he proposed to Smith on Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day in New York City with a personally selected Asscher-cut diamond solitaire ring.</p>
<p>“I’m one-fourth Irish,&#8221; Murdoch quipped.</p>
<p>Smith, identified in the report as a former San Francisco police chaplain, appears to have been married twice before.</p>
<p>Her first coupling was with a wealthy man she identified as &#8220;John,&#8221; whom she <a href="https://www1.cbn.com/700club/riches-rags-redemption-salvation-ann-lesley-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleged in an interview</a> with the Christian Broadcasting Network had become abusive when he drank alcohol.</p>
<p>Smith then married Chester Smith, a country music singer and media executive who <a href="https://www.marinij.com/2008/08/12/tv-station-owner-chester-smith-dies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died of heart failure at the age of 78</a> in 2008. The two recorded an album together, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Captured-Love-Chester-Smith-Lesley/dp/B000BGQXFY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Captured By Love,&#8221;</a> in 2005.</p>
<p>Murdoch and Smith reportedly met last year at Murdoch&#8217;s vineyard Moraga in Bel Air, California.</p>
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<p>“For us both it’s a gift from God. We met last September,&#8221; Smith said. “I’m a widow 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman. Worked for local papers, developed radio and TV stations and helped promote Univision. So I speak Rupert’s language. We share the same beliefs.&#8221;</p>
<p>Murdoch has been married four times before and has six children. He last tied the knot with model Jerry Hall. The two were married for six years until their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rupert-murdoch-91-reportedly-facing-divorce-with-model-and-actress-jerry-hall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">divorce was finalized in August</a>.</p>
<p>Both Murdoch and Smith both said they look forward to settling down for &#8220;the second half&#8221; of their lives.</p>
<p>“In perspective, it’s not my first rodeo. Getting near 70 means being in the last half. I waited for the right time. Friends are happy for me,&#8221; Smith said.</p>
<p>“We’re both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together,&#8221; Murdoch said.</p>

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