Rupert Murdoch’s new fiancee: ‘Rags-to-riches’ story began with marriage into wealthy San Francisco family

Rupert Murdoch’s announcement Monday that he is marrying for the fifth time left many asking: Who Ann Lesley Smith, the woman who has signed up to become the latest wife of the 92-year-old billionaire?

As Murdoch’s own New York Post reported, Smith is the 66-year-old widow of another media mogul: Chester Smith, the Modesto-based radio and TV executive who died in 2008. Smith told the Post’s Cindy Adams that her whirlwind romance with the Fox News founder, which began in September, was “a gift from God” and that they share many of “the same beliefs.”

The New York Post also shared a curious detail that raised questions about Smith’s connections

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