Rupert Murdoch’s second wife was 81 years old.

Author and philanthropist Anna de Peyster Rupert MurdochHis second wife and mother of his children, Elizabeth, Lachlan and James, preceded him in death. She was 81 years old.

she He died Tuesday at his home in Palm Beach, Florida, after a long illness. new york post reported.

She and Murdoch were married since 1967 and divorced in 1999, and she worked for News Corp. from 1990 to 1998. Was a member of the Board of Directors.

Anna Maria Torv was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1944. She and her family immigrated to Australia in the mid-1950s. She worked as a clerk in a company daily mirror After living in Sydney, he eventually became a journalist, interviewed Murdoch, then a newspaper publisher, and soon after divorced Patricia Booker and married her.

Elizabeth (co-founder of Sister Pictures) was born in Sydney in 1968, Lachlan (now CEO of Fox Corporation) in 1971, and James in London in 1972.

De Peyster earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Fordham and a master’s degree in literature and mythology from NYU, with three novels published by Anna Murdoch in 1985. in her own image1988 family business And in 1991 condition reached.

A few months after her divorce from Murdoch became public, she married businessman William Mann and they remained together until his death in 2017. Two years later, Murdoch married Florida real estate developer Ashton de Peyster, who also survives her, along with 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Her philanthropic work included service to the Children’s Hospital and Children’s Research Institute in Los Angeles and the Albert Schweitzer Hospital for Children in Haiti.

Murdoch was married to Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2013, Jerry Hall (Mick Jagger’s ex-wife) from 2016 to 2022, and Elena Zhukova from June 2024.