Minnelli Marries Producer in Star-Studded Spectacle
Guests at entertainer Liza Minnelli’s fourth wedding said she danced at the altar Saturday as a bevy of celebrities helped her and producer David Gest celebrate their nuptials.
Best man Michael Jackson carried the train of Minnelli’s white, silk Bob Mackie dress until maid of honor Marisa Berenson remembered her duties, guests told reporters clustered outside the church.
Gossip columnist Liz Smith called it, “the kissiest wedding I’ve ever seen.”
The crowd outside Marble Collegiate Church screamed as the newlyweds slipped out a side door.
“This is the closest we’ll ever get to this kind of stuff,” said Alyce Hoffman of Akron, Ohio.
The guest list featured actors Anthony Hopkins, Michael Douglas and David Hasselhoff, singers Elton John and Robert Goulet and TV news personalities Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters.
Minnelli, 56, the daughter of Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli, and Gest, 48, will honeymoon in Thailand.
Associated Press
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