# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 505
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10082 "2012-03-16T02:34:12Z")
Famous people who married MUCH younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas 5. T.S. Eliot 6. Hugh Hefner 7. King Hussein of Jordan ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10083 "2012-03-16T02:35:59Z")
Famous people who married MUCH younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas 5. T.S. Eliot 6. Hugh Hefner 7. King Hussein of Jordan 8. Robert Duvall Current (fourth) wife, before which she was his longtime girlfriend, is 40 years his junior. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10084 "2012-03-16T02:39:02Z")
Famous people who married MUCH younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas 5. T.S. Eliot 6. Hugh Hefner 7. King Hussein of Jordan 8. Robert Duvall 9. Kevin Kline Married Phoebe Cates of _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_ fame, 15 years his junior. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10085 "2012-03-16T02:44:55Z")
Famous people who married MUCH younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas 5. T.S. Eliot 6. Hugh Hefner 7. King Hussein of Jordan 8. Robert Duvall 9. Kevin Kline 10. John Tyler His second wife, Julia, was thirty years younger than him. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10086 "2012-03-16T04:55:21Z")
Famous people who married MUCH younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas 5. T.S. Eliot 6. Hugh Hefner 7. King Hussein of Jordan 8. Robert Duvall 9. Kevin Kline 10. John Tyler 11. Jacques Cousteau Married his mistress Francine, with whom he had two children while his first wife was alive, when he was in his 70s and she in her 30s. Her relationship with his son and granddaughter by his first wife is, to say the least, not best described as “one big happy blended family”. (Lots of lawsuits.) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10087 "2012-03-16T05:25:40Z")
no one added Delores Reborn’s answer back in after it was skipped in a simulpost: Famous people who married MUCH younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas 5. T.S. Eliot 6. Hugh Hefner 7. Billy Joel 8. King Hussein of Jordan 9. Robert Duvall 10. Kevin Kline 11. John Tyler 12. Jacques Cousteau I have nothing to add, I just wanted the list to show all entries ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10088 "2012-03-16T14:24:56Z")
Famous people who married MUCH younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas 5. T.S. Eliot 6. Hugh Hefner 7. Billy Joel 8. King Hussein of Jordan 9. Robert Duvall 10. Kevin Kline 11. John Tyler 12. Jacques Cousteau 13. Demi Moore For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10089 "2012-03-16T14:59:33Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10090 "2012-03-16T15:37:20Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10091 "2012-03-16T16:09:39Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) 4. Kilkenny ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10092 "2012-03-16T17:09:15Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) 4. Kilkenny 5. Limerick ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10093 "2012-03-16T17:21:28Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) 4. Kilkenny 5. Limerick 6. Tipperary ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10094 "2012-03-16T18:00:26Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) 4. Kilkenny 5. Limerick 6. Tipperary 7. Londonderry ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10095 "2012-03-16T19:35:00Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) 4. Kilkenny 5. Limerick 6. Tipperary 7. Londonderry 8. Antrim Where most of my Scots-Irish ancestors came from. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10096 "2012-03-16T20:28:34Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) 4. Kilkenny 5. Limerick 6. Tipperary 7. Londonderry 8. Antrim 9. Tipperary It’s a long way though. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10097 "2012-03-16T21:17:24Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) 4. Kilkenny 5. Limerick 6. Tipperary 7. Londonderry 8. Antrim 9. Tipperary 10. Clare My mom’s name is Claire, which has always added an extra pang of homesick for me for the old standard “From Clare to here”. I love [Nancy Griffith’s version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVFJ0Z-OTqo). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10098 "2012-03-16T22:42:05Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s a long way though. Especially if you make the trip twice. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10099 "2012-03-16T22:43:06Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) 4. Kilkenny 5. Limerick 6. Tipperary 7. Londonderry 8. Antrim 9. Clare 10. Galway ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10100 "2012-03-17T03:38:53Z")
For St Patrick’s Day, counties in Ireland 1. Mayo 2. Cork 3. Westmeath (my own home county) 4. Kilkenny 5. Limerick 6. Tipperary 7. Londonderry 8. Antrim 9. Clare 10. Galway 11. Kerry ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10101 "2012-03-17T04:49:15Z")
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