<p>Media baron Rupert Murdoch on Monday announced that he is ready to marry for the fifth time at the age of 92.</p>.<p>The billionaire announced his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, a 66-year-old former police chaplain.</p>.<p>They met in September at an event at his vineyard in California.</p>.<p>Murdoch told <em>the New York Post</em>, one of his own publications: "I dreaded falling in love - but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I'm happy."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/murdoch-says-fox-hosts-endorsed-false-claim-that-2020-election-was-stolen-from-trump-1196091.html" target="_blank">Murdoch says Fox hosts 'endorsed' false claim that 2020 election was stolen from Trump</a></strong></p>.<p>He split with fourth wife Jerry Hall last year.</p>.<p>The wedding will take place in late summer.</p>.<p>Murdoch was previously married to Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker, Scottish-born journalist Anna Mann, and Chinese-born entrepreneur Wendi Deng.</p>.<p>Murdoch said that he proposed to Smith on St Patrick's Day.</p>.<p>Smith's late husband was Chester Smith, a country singer and radio and TV executive.</p>.<p>"For us both it's a gift from God. We met last September," she told the newspaper.</p>.<p>"I'm a widow of 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman... So I speak Rupert's language. We share the same beliefs," she said.</p>.<p>Murdoch, who has six children from his first three marriages, added: "We're both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together."</p>.<p>Murdoch's business empire includes the Fox News in the US and the tabloid The Sun in the UK.</p>
<p>Media baron Rupert Murdoch on Monday announced that he is ready to marry for the fifth time at the age of 92.</p>.<p>The billionaire announced his engagement to Ann Lesley Smith, a 66-year-old former police chaplain.</p>.<p>They met in September at an event at his vineyard in California.</p>.<p>Murdoch told <em>the New York Post</em>, one of his own publications: "I dreaded falling in love - but I knew this would be my last. It better be. I'm happy."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/murdoch-says-fox-hosts-endorsed-false-claim-that-2020-election-was-stolen-from-trump-1196091.html" target="_blank">Murdoch says Fox hosts 'endorsed' false claim that 2020 election was stolen from Trump</a></strong></p>.<p>He split with fourth wife Jerry Hall last year.</p>.<p>The wedding will take place in late summer.</p>.<p>Murdoch was previously married to Australian flight attendant Patricia Booker, Scottish-born journalist Anna Mann, and Chinese-born entrepreneur Wendi Deng.</p>.<p>Murdoch said that he proposed to Smith on St Patrick's Day.</p>.<p>Smith's late husband was Chester Smith, a country singer and radio and TV executive.</p>.<p>"For us both it's a gift from God. We met last September," she told the newspaper.</p>.<p>"I'm a widow of 14 years. Like Rupert, my husband was a businessman... So I speak Rupert's language. We share the same beliefs," she said.</p>.<p>Murdoch, who has six children from his first three marriages, added: "We're both looking forward to spending the second half of our lives together."</p>.<p>Murdoch's business empire includes the Fox News in the US and the tabloid The Sun in the UK.</p>