Marilyn Monroe, one of the most celebrated women in history, married
playwright, Arthur Miller in White Planes, NY. After a stormy marriage,
Marilyn divorced Miller, citing her third marriage “incompatibility of
character”. The divorce of “The Egghead and The Hourglass”, as
often referred to by the press, was finalized in January 1961.

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller wave to newsmen at
Idlewild Airport in New York as they board a plane for
a honeymoon in England.

The wedding of Broadway singer Ethel Merman and Oscar winning actor Ernest 
Borgnine is one of the shortest in Hollywood history. The marriage began falling 
apart on their honeymoon and it was soon dissolved after 32 days.

Merman, who never again married, devoted a chapter of her autobiography to
the Borgnine marriage: It consisted of one blank page.

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Ernest Borgnine is 95 years old (Jan. 24)

Sonny & Cher Bono

By the third season of the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, the marriage of Sonny
and Cher, after 11 years, was beginning to unwind. The duo separated later that
year, a very public divorce followed and was finalized on June 27, 1975. Three
days later Cher married rock musician Gregg Allman, a founding member of
the Allman Brothers Band. That union lasted just three years.

Cher and Gregg Allman wedding photo

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Cher (Cheryl Sarkisian) turned 66 May 20

Lauren Becall is 87 (Sep. 16, 1924)

Elvis Presley and Priscilla Ann Beaulieu were married in a suite at the Aladdin Hotel
in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their civil 8-minute civil ceremony was performed in the
morning by a Nevada Supreme Court Justice. The ceremony was attended by
a small number of family and friends and was followed by a press conference
and a reception for 100 guests where the newlyweds reportedly danced to
"Love Me Tender".