Rupert Murdoch reaches 'amicable' six minute divorce deal with wife of 14 years Wendi Deng as she 'gets the NY home and he the California mansion'
- Couple said to have grown apart and were living separate lives in last few years of their marriage
- Murdoch married his third wife in 1999 two years after the pair met in Hong Kong
- Ms Deng is best known for punching the man who threw a pie at her husband in parliamentary committee
- Murdoch's previous divorce settlement with his second wife, Anna Torv reportedly cost him $1.7 billion (£664m)
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch grinned broadly as he reached an 'amicable' divorce deal with wife of 14 years Wendi Deng, in which she will reportedly receive their New York home and he will get their California mansion.
Mr Murdoch, 82, and a stoney-faced Wendi Deng Murdoch, 44, shook hands and briefly hugged after a brief proceeding in a New York court.
The couple said they were parting with 'mutual respect' after telling a judge they had reached a divorce deal.
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'Amicable': Smiling media mogul Rupert Murdoch and wife of 14 years Wendi Deng, who was positively stoney-faced, are pictured outside court in New York today where they said they were parting with 'mutual respect'
According to a report in the LA Times, Mr Murdoch will keep his Beverly Hills estate and his $28 million 16-acre Moraga Vineyards in the hills above Bel-Air.
Meanwhile Wendi Deng will keep
the three-floor penthouse apartment on Manhattan's fifth avenue
which Mr Murdoch reportedly paid $44million for in
2004.
The stunning property occupies the 14th 15th and 16th floors and is roughly 8,000 square feet with 20 rooms.
The Murdochs reportedly spent a further $50million refurbishing the home which was once owned by Laurance Rockefeller.
Mr Murdoch has two young daughters with Wendi Deng and is understood to want them to remain living with their mother in New York.

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