The twilight nuptials came as a surprise to many of the 80 select guests, whose invitations had coyly promised "a special evening aboard The Morning Glory." As they gathered at Manhattan's Chelsea Piers to board Murdoch's 155-foot yacht, the host, clad in a dark blue suit, and Deng, wearing a short-sleeved ivory dress, circulated in bare feet. Guests, including Murdoch's grown children—three with Anna, to whom he was married for 32 years, and one with his late first wife, Patricia—were asked to also doff shoes or don slippers and to help themselves to such hors d'oeuvres as lobster napoleons and four kilos of caviar.
After setting sail at 7:45, Deng slipped from sight. Forty-five minutes later, with the yacht anchored near the Statue of Liberty, she reappeared in a floor-length, champagne silk satin gown designed with a chantilly lace inset by Australian Richard Tyler. The couple, still barefoot, then exchanged vows before New York State Supreme Court Justice Jacqueline Silbermann. Deng, who grew up in China and earned a graduate business degree from Yale in 1997, joined Murdoch's Hong Kong-based Star Television and rose to vice president before resigning last year. Friends say Deng's interests in high finance and baseball suit Murdoch better than novelist Anna's more operatic tastes. Said Murdoch in a toast to his bride: "I'm the luckiest man in the world."
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