The Celebrity Breakup Everyone Was Talking About the Year You Were Born

Sinatra was 50 and Farrow 21 when they tied the knot in 1966. Their split was not nasty and the pair remained close throughout the years. Farrow brought the relationship back into the news recently when she said that her son Ronan (previously thought to be Woody Allen's son) could "possibly" be Sinatra's.

Cannon was Grant's fourth wife, and their divorce and the custody battle that followed led to many salacious headlines. Following the dissolution of their marriage, Grant declared, "Once the female has used the male for procreation, she turns on him and literally devours him."

Ferrer became Hepburn's first husband in 1954, then played Prince Andrei to Hepburn's Natasha Rostova in War and Peace two years later (parallels). When the pair divorced, rumors swirled that Hepburn was having an affair with Albert Finney, her co-star in Two for the Road.

Streisand and Gould met while working together on the 1962 Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale, for which Gould was the lead and Streisand was a relative unknown (who would go on to get a Tony nom for her part). Funny Girl (her), Hello, Dolly! (her), and MASH (him) came out in 1968, 1969, and 1970, and the pair were bona fide stars when they announced their separation.

Wood and Gregson separated after two years of marriage following rumors that he had been unfaithful, with her secretary no less. Shortly after, Wood rekindled her relationship with her ex-husband Robert Wagner, and the pair reemerged in the public eye as a couple in 1972 at the Academy Awards. Wood and Wagner remarried that same year.

The Love Story actress maybe took the phrase "love means never having to say you're sorry" too literally. She married producer Evans in 1969 but caused a stir when she left him for Steven McQueen this year.

The couple (who met when Priscilla was in ninth grade) had a long and intense relationship that ended when Priscilla told her husband that she had fallen for someone else (a karate expert named Mike Stone). News of their divorce shocked fans but the split was (mostly) amicable.

The pair had such a tumultuous love story that Lifetime made a movie about it. This year was the end of their first marriage, so the general public didn't even know what was in store yet. Following their divorce, Burton quickly met someone else he wanted to tie the knot with, the already-married Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia. (He ultimately remarried Taylor in 1975.)

This duo made a career out of their relationship, so it was quite the story when Cher left Sonny in 1974. Right after her divorce from Sonny was finalized in 1975, she married Gregg Allman, but that couple divorced a week later.

Dickinson once said, "I'd hate it if I were a bigger star than my husband." Like with lots of these breakups, their separation was largely due to cracks that came from the ebb and flow of fame. Dickinson and Bacharach announced their separation this year but weren't officially divorced until 1981.

In 1976, after being the victim of abuse for many years, Tina left Ike after a huge fight, carrying just 36 cents and a Mobil credit card. Although the pair made great music together, this was a huge moment of liberation for Tina. Their divorce was dragged out and not finalized until 1978.

As Charlie's Angels skyrocketed Fawcett to success, it also shifted the balance of power and fame in her marriage to Six Million Dollar Man Lee Majors. This year, the pair separated and she soon after moved in with Ryan O'Neal.

This is Reynolds's second appearance on this list and he was at this point more cemented in fame. Field herself had just won her Oscar for Norma Rae. Although their romance lit up the tabloids, it puttered out, like most romances do — although the New York Times noted in a 1981 profile of Reynolds that Field still hung out at his home after their "much-publicized 'breakup.'" You know a romance is juicy if it's getting shade from the Times.

Ready for another hunk with a mustache? Selleck was making a name for himself as the hot star of Magnum P.I. this year, but he was also dealing with being separated from his actress wife, a fact that just had to be mentioned in all his splashy profiles at the time.

In another example of the fact that breakups, like marriages, can be long, the Kennedys were married for 24 years, then separated for two before their amicable divorce. Ted Kennedy also withdrew from the 1984 presidential run just before the split was finalized.

The two singer-songwriters made great music in the 11 years they were together (including some about each other), but Taylor's drug addiction and infidelity led to the couple's split.

Fisher's star shined bright after she played Princess Leia in Star Wars and Simon was a music sensation by the time the two tied the knot in 1983. When they split, Fisher's drug addiction was blamed in part. But in her book, Wishful Drinking, Fisher wrote, "So Paul and I have a passionate relationship with a lot of words, big words, clever words, uh-oh, the words got mean, so we get divorced."

The couple eloped when Jackson was 18, but they annulled their marriage after just eight months, with reports that the relationship jeopardized her teen idol career. At the time of their annulment, Jackson had two solo albums out.