Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Hall engaged after 4 months of dating

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last updated 12 January 2016

It's been a whirlwind romance for News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and former model and actress Jerry Hall — after four months of dating, the pair became engaged over the weekend in Los Angeles.

The news was announced in The Times, a newspaper owned by Murdoch. They were introduced to each other by Murdoch's sister and niece in Australia, and made their public debut together in London in October at the Rugby World Cup final, People reports. Hall, 59, was involved with Mick Jagger from 1977 to 1999, and has four children with him. Murdoch, 84, divorced his third wife, Wendi Deng, in 2013. He has six children from his previous marriages.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.