Journalism of Courage
Kabir Bedi's wedding to model Parveen Dusanj has had many raise their eyebrows. However, he isn't the only one to have taken the matrimonial plunge late in life — there are several other well-known personalities as well. These people prove that love and companionship have no shelf life. (Source: Thinkstock Images) Also read: No strings attached — Why elderly Indians are getting into live-in relationships
Kabir Bedi: Kabir Bedi's fourth marriage on his 70th birthday on January 16, 2016, to Parveen Dusanj was the talk of the town this past week, and not just because of his age. Bedi's marriage was sullied by a Twitter war between him and daughter Pooja Bedi. (Source: Twitter)
Suhasini Mulay: National Film Award-winner Suhasini Mulay is a familiar face on Indian television. She married retired physicist Atul Gurtu in 2011 at the age of 60. (Source: Twitter, Wikimedia Commons)
Rupert Murdoch: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch founded Fox News Channel, News Corp and owns 21st Century Fox (the parent company of STAR India channels). He married third spouse Wendi Deng Murdoch (pectured left) — a media personality herself — in 1999 at the age of 69. They divorced in 2013. The 84-year-old recently announced his engagement to model-actress Jerry Hall (pictured right), who is 25 years his junior. (Source: Wikimedia Commons/AP)
Donald Trump: Controversial businessman and 2016 candidate for the profile of POTUS, Donald Trump, married designer and former model Melania Knauss in 2005 at the age of 59. She is his third wife. (Source: Twitter) Also read: From kidnapping the bride to bashing the groom, these 15 wedding rituals will shock you
William Shatner: Captain Kirk of StarTrek — William Shatner — married Elizabeth Anderson Martin in 2001, when he was 70 and she was 40. They are still married today. Shatner was married three times before, and he has three children with his first wife. (Source: Aceshowbiz.com)
Woody Allen: At the age of 62, Woody Allen — of Vicky Christina Barcelona and Annie Hall fame — got married to Soon-Yi Previn, who is the adopted daughter of his former partner Mia Farrow. She is his second wife and they have two adopted daughters. (Source: Hollywood.com)
Clint Eastwood: Actor Clint Eastwood — who has appeared in over 50 films in a career spanning more than five decades — married television journalist Dina Eastwood in 2005 at the age of 66. The marriage ended in 2014. (Source: Imggood.com)
Aristotle Onassis: One of the most famous first ladies of the United States of America, Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy, 39, married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, 62, in 1968. The American press at the time was very unforgiving about the marriage, and Jackie's reputation suffered a great deal as a fallout. (Source: Wikipedia)
Dick Van Dyke: 90-year-old Dick Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer who has been a part of the entertainment industry for almost seven decades — and like Hugh Hefner is a World War II veteran. At the age of 86, he married his second wife Arlene Silver who is 46 years his junior. (Source: Disneyweddingpodcast.com) Also read: From kidnapping the bride to bashing the groom, these 15 wedding rituals will shock you
George Takei: Author, actor and voice actor George Takei — of Mulan and Star Trek fame — married his longtime partner Brad Altman (extreme right) in 2008 at the age of 71. (Source: Wikipedia)
Harrison Ford: Han Solo of Star Wars and the beloved Indiana Jones married actress Calista Flockhart in 2010 at the age of 68. She is his third wife. (Source: Cloudpix.co)
Hugh Hefner: Founder of adult magazine Playboy — and a World War II veteran — Hugh Hefner married Crystal Harris who is 60 years his junior, at the age of 86. He has been married twice before. (Source: Just Jared)
Nelson Mandela: South African anti-Apartheid revolutionary, politician, philanthropist and former South-African president Nelson Mandela married politician and humanitarian Graça Machel on his 80th birthday in 1998. She was his third wife. They remained married till Mandela's death in 2013. (Source: Bluemercury.co.za)
Patrick Stewart: Professor Charles Xavier of X-Men is 75 years old. Really. And he was 73 years old when he married his third wife Suny Ozell — an American singer- songwriter — who is 38 years his junior. (Source: Omgyahoo.com)
Ronnie Wood: Rolling Stones member Ronnie Wood married third wife Sally Humphreys — who is 30 years his junior — in 2012. (Source: Usmagazine.com) Also read: No strings attached — Why elderly Indians are getting into live-in relationships
