The longest high-profile marriage lasted 79 years and 105 days and it was between American actor Irving Benson and Lillian Waldowsky. They were together until the latter passed away in 2016. However, not every celebrity couple gets to their happily-ever-after nor gets to be that memorable. We decided to look back on a few famous romantic duos who didn’t work out together and whom people seem to have forgotten about.
1. Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson were married for 3 years. Invision/Invision/East News, Hahn Lionel/ABACA/Abaca/East News
2. Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere were married from 1991 to 1995. ASSOCIATED PRESS/East News
3. Salma Hayek and Edward Norton dated for 4 years. Courtesy Everett Collection/East News
4. Jared Leto and Cameron Diaz started dating in 1999 and went their separate ways in 2003. Reynaud Julien/APS-Medias/ABACA/Abaca/East News, AFP/EAST NEWS
5. Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow dated from November 1997 to October 2000. 6. Rosario Dawson and Jay Z were linked together back in 2000 . AXELLE/BAUER-GRIFFIN/East News, Mary Evans/AF Archive/Graham Whitby Boot/East News
7. Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael J. Fox enjoyed a year-long relationship from 1986 to 1987. Invision/Invision/East News, Invision/Invision/East News
8. Joaquin Phoenix and Liv Tyler were together for 3 years. Jeffrey Mayer/Broadimage/Broad Image/East News, Fati Sadou/ABACAPRESS.COM/Abaca/East News
9. Matt Damon and Winona Ryder dated for over 2 years. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/East News, Invision/Invision/East News
10. Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey met in 1996 and dated for about 2 years. Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection/Everett Collection/East News
11. Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd dated for several years. 12. Tom Cruise and Cher dated briefly back in the mid-to-late 1980s when Cruise was 23 and she was 38. KENNELL KRISTA/SIPA/EAST NEWS, Patricia Schlein/STAR MAX/IPx/Associated Press/East News
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