Monday, Jun. 27, 2011
Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky (20 Years)
For serial wife Elizabeth Taylor, her eighth and final marriage was a match made in... rehab? The two-time Academy Award-winning Hollywood beauty was an unlikely mate for construction worker Larry Fortensky, 20 years her junior. But their coinciding stints at the Betty Ford Clinic — her for overeating, him for alcoholism — brought them together. After a three-year courtship, they married in 1991 at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. But as if it were any surprise, the marriage didn't last, drying up after just five years. As part of the prenup the couple signed, Fortensky received $1 million if the marriage lasted five years. She cut him a check and cut him loose, never to be married again before her death in March 2011.