August 13, 1943

Billy Graham & Ruth Bell

In 1940 two Wheaton College students were introduced by a friend and began a courtship that would last 67 years. The two students were Ruth Bell and now famous Evangelical Billy Graham. Though some say it didn’t get serious until Ruth told Billy she loved him, Billy has been quoted as saying, “I saw her walking down the road towards me and I couldn’t help but stare at her as she walked. She looked at me and our eyes met and I felt that she was definitely the woman I wanted to marry.” He proposed in June of 1941.

On August 13, 1943 the two were married in Montreat, North Carolina and lived there in a log home that Ruth designed. Billy became the spiritual advisor to presidents and  and his growing popularity made him create the “Billy Graham Rule” which meant that he would never let himself be alone with a woman other than his wife.

They went on to have five children, nine grandchildren and twenty-eight great-grandchildren.

Ruth passed away in 2007 and it has been said that Billy Graham now has a deeper understanding to those he counsels on grief. Billy and Ruth were best friends, lovers and partners and today we honor their love.

August 10, 2000
Dave Matthews & Jennifer Ashley Harper

Singer/guitarist Dave Matthews married his longtime sweetheart Jennifer Ashley Harper ten years ago today. the couple had been together before Matthews had tasted any fame in the world of rock’n'roll.

Back in 1993, he told a reporter, “I’m insane for this woman.”

Matthews met Harper when she was a studying to become a doctor at Sweet Briar College. Years later, they wed on a Thursday at his mother’s farm near Charlottesville, Virginia. It was a family-only ceremony.

Ten years later, the couple have twin daughters and a son. They reside in Seattle.

August 7, 2004
Fred Savage & Jennifer Stone

Before he played a child of the ’60s on The Wonder Years, Fred Savage was a kid living outside of Chicago. He met a young girl named Jennifer Stone then moved to Los Angeles to become a famous actor.

Ten years later, Savage and Stone reconnected at his 22nd birthday party. They soon began dating and four years later, while on a trip to Italy, Savage proposed. Stone’s engagement ring was designed by famed jeweler Neil Lane and was engraved with the words: “I must have done something good.” This line is from a song from The Sound of Music.

A year later, they wed at L’Orangerie restaurant in Los Angeles, CA. The couple have two children.

August 6, 1947
Fats Domino & Rosemary Hall

Fats Domino is known as a pioneer of R&B and Rock’n'Roll, with countless hits, including, “I’m Walkin’” and “Blueberry Hill.” But before the fame, he was just a kid named Antoine, growing up in New Orleans.

In the summer of 1947, the 19-year-old piano player was introduced to a neighboring family who had an upright piano. He immediately sat down to play and upon finishing the woman of the household, Rita LaPage Hall burst into applause. She wasn’t the only woman in the household who was a fan of his. Rita’s 17-year-old daughter Rosemary took to the young man, as he did her.

Domino courted the beautiful, shy girl and finally invited her to see him play a gig. According to his biography Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock’n'Roll, Miss Hall wore her Sunday best to the club and coughed on the club’s cigarette smoke.

Before the summer was over, the two were exchanging vows in her family’s house. She wore a long, white gown with puffy sleeves and a ring borrowed from her sister. Their first “home” was a room in her parents’ house.

Interestingly, Domino’s mother-in-law also adored him and was very supportive of his career. According to Blue Monday, “She was crazy about me and I was crazy about her,” Domino said.

Over the years, Domino wrote several songs for his wife, but he said “We never did talk too much about music.”

In fact, the show that she went to shortly before they were married was the last time she ever saw him perform. They were determined to keep his business life and their relationship separate.

After 63 years of marriage, the Dominos raised eight chilren and still make their home in New Orleans. That’s a Rock’n'Roll marriage made in heaven.

August 4, 1994
Faith Evans & Christopher Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G.)

When 21-year-old singer Faith Evans showed up at a photo shoot for Bad Boy Records in the summer of 1994, she probably had know idea that she’d meet a rapper named Christopher Wallace, and that within three weeks, the two would be married.

Turbulent would be a nice way to describe their marriage. Notorious wasn’t just Wallace’s rapper name. It’s been widely publicized that Biggy had affairs with several women, including singers and groupies.

In her autobiography, Keep the Faith, Evans even recalls finding fellow rapper Lil Kim in bed with her husband.

In 1996, some  good news came to the young couple when Evans gave birth to a son, Christopher. Unfortunately, their happiness would not last long. They separated in the beginning of 1997 and  a few months later, Notorious B.I.G. was murdered. He was 24 years old.

Evans helped keep the memory of her late husband alive by recording several tribute songs. In 1998, she married a record executive, with whom she has two children and continues to record albums.

August 3, 1997

Eric McCormack & Janet Leigh Holden

One day a handsome actor was working on set and met a beautiful Assistant Director. They began a romance, fell in love and got married and they lived happily ever after…

That couple is none other than actor Eric McCormack and his lovely wife Janet Holden. The two met on the set of the Lonesome Dove series and married on August 3, 1997.

Eric & Janet currently have one son and currently reside in Los Angeles, California & Vancouver, Canada.

August 2, 1997

Kelsey Grammer & Camille Donatacci

Today in wedding history actor Kelsey Grammar married former Playboy model Camille Donatacci.

The actor who is known to fans as Dr. Frazier Crane, a character he made famous on Cheers and then his own show Frazier, met his beautiful bride at a party for MTV in 1996.

After dating for seven months the couple married in Malibu, California, on August 2, 1997. Kelsey was quoted saying, “I want to marry Camille not because I think she can make me happy, but because she already has.”

Recently Kelsey & Camille have announced they will be getting a divorce. Relationships are hard, and always have their ups & downs. We at Proposal wish them the best of luck as they work through this time.