Anna Murdoch-Mann, writer and former News Corp director, dies aged 81
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- Anna Murdoch-Mann, married to media mogul Rupert Murdoch for 31 years, played a significant role on the board of News Corp and was mother to three of his children, including Lachlan Murdoch, now chairman of Fox and News Corp.
- Born in Glasgow and raised in Australia, she worked as a reporter before joining Murdoch's company board and authored several novels, including "Family Business," inspired by their media empire.
- The couple divorced in 1999 in one of the most expensive separations in history, with Murdoch-Mann receiving a $1.7 billion settlement, and she later remarried financier William Mann, who died in 2017.
- Murdoch-Mann passed away on
