How well you know the Murdoch family? Here's a look at the life of media magnate Rupert Murdoch
By Compiled by Lekshmy Pradeep
Published: Thu 14 Jan 2016, 11:38 AM
Last updated: Thu 14 Jan 2016, 2:04 PM
The 84-year-old media mogul and the 59-year-old actress announced their betrothal on Jan 12, 2015 with a classified ad in the London Times, a newspaper owned by Murdoch's News Corp. This will be his Murdoch's fourth marriage.
The couple got engaged over the weekend in Los Angeles, where they attended the 73rd Golden Globes awards gala - although Hall was not pictured sporting a ring on the red carpet.
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Murdoch, which owns The Times, announced the impending nuptials in the Births, Marriages and Deaths section of the newspaper.
"Mr Rupert Murdoch, father of Prudence, Elisabeth, Lachlan, James, Grace and Chloe Murdoch, and Miss Jerry Hall, mother of Elizabeth, James, Georgia and Gabriel Jagger, are delighted to announce their engagement," it read.
The pair started dating in the late summer after being introduced by one of Murdoch's sisters and his niece in Australia.
They first made their relationship public in October at the rugby World Cup final in London, where they were pictured kissing and cuddling in Twickenham stadium.
Between them they have 10 children from previous marriages, and went on holiday with several of them on a yacht in the Caribbean after Christmas.
No date for their wedding has been given.
This will be Murdoch's fourth marriage and technically the first for Hall, an American.
She had a religious ceremony with Mick Jagger in 1990 in Bali, although a court later ruled the ceremony was not legally binding when they split up nine years later.
Hall also dated British musician Bryan Ferry, of Roxy Music, before leaving him for Jagger.
Australian-born Murdoch, now a US citizen, was married to Patricia Booker, journalist Anna Torv and most recently Wendi Deng, who he split from in 2013.
Here's a look at the life of media magnate Rupert Murdoch
 Birth date: March 11, 1931
Birth place: Melbourne, Australia
Full name: Keith Rupert Murdoch
Father: Keith Murdoch, journalist and newspaper publisher
Mother: Elisabeth Murdoch, philanthropist
Marriages: Wendi (Deng) Murdoch (1999-2013, divorced); Anna (Torv) Murdoch (1967-1999, divorced); Patricia (Booker) Murdoch (1956-1967, divorced)
Children: with Wendi (Deng) Murdoch: Chloe, 2003; Grace, 2001; with Anna (Torv) Murdoch: James, 1972; Lachlan, 1971; Elisabeth, 1968; with Patricia (Booker) Murdoch: Prudence, 1958
Education: Worcester College, Oxford University, 1953
Other Facts:
Founder of News Corporation, Ltd., which has holdings in cable, film, television, internet, direct broadcast satellite television, sports, publishing and other fields.
Murdoch has been compared to William Randolph Hearst, who is often considered the founder of tabloid-style journalism.
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