6: Rupert Murdoch divorces Wendi Deng

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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Deng, reached an undisclosed deal in late November to end their 14-year marriage. Murdoch filed for divorce in June, citing "irreconcilable differences," to the surprise of many people in China.

It was the third marriage for the 82-year-old Murdoch, who split his firm News Corp earlier this year into a publishing company and the more profitable film and TV unit, 21st Century Fox. The divorce will not affect control of the companies or the succession plan for them.

Deng was seen as a kind of role model of the elite and smart wife who helped her tycoon husband run an empire. The divorce really came as a surprise to most and several tabloid tidbits also added fuel to the rumors of an affair between Deng and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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