Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, 92, engaged to be married for 5th time

Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch will tie the knot for the fifth time, at the age of 92 years, he said Monday in an interview with his own newspaper, the New York Post.

Murdoch is engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a 66-year-old former police chaplain in San Francisco and widow of American country singer and media executive Chester Smith.

“I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love – but I knew this would be my last. It better be,” he told the tabloid. “I’m happy.”

Murdoch divorced his fourth wife, model Jerry Hall, last year after six years of marriage.

The Australian Murdoch, whose media empire includes The Wall Street Journal, Fox News and other influential outlets, is worth more than US$20 billion, according to Forbes.