Overview
- She died on Feb. 17 at her Palm Beach, Florida, home, reportedly after a long illness, with the New York Post first reporting the news.
- Born Anna Torv in Glasgow and raised in Australia, she married Rupert Murdoch in 1967 and divorced in 1999; they had three children: Elisabeth, Lachlan and James.
- She served on the News Corp board from 1990 to 1998 and was widely described as an active partner during the company’s rise.
- An author of three novels, she focused much of her later life on children’s causes, including leadership roles at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the Children’s Institute and Haiti’s Hospital Albert Schweitzer, and was made a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1998.
- Reports at the time portrayed her 1999 divorce settlement as among the largest on record, with figures up to $1.7 billion cited, and her children later figured in a succession dispute that concluded in 2025 with Lachlan reaffirmed as heir; she is survived by husband Ashton de Peyster, 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.