Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan tied the knot at St. James’ Episcopal Church on Sunday.
The 86-year-old businessman and philanthropist, who was mayor from 1993 until 2001, married Elizabeth Gregory, the head of admissions at Harvard-Westlake School.
The two exchanged vows during an afternoon ceremony attended by “a few friends,” a family friend told the Southern California News Group. The couple met five years ago, the friend added.
Riordan retweeted a photo of himself and his bride from the wedding that was posted by a friend. He added the caption: “It was a beautiful day.”
This is the former mayor’s fourth marriage. He has been divorced three times, according to his 2014 memoir “The Mayor: How I Turned Around Los Angeles after Riots, an Earthquake and the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial.”
Riordan, the rare Republican leader in Los Angeles, succeeded Tom Bradley during the aftermath of the 1992 riots. He then led the city through the 1994 Northridge earthquake and the early parts of an ultimately unsuccessful secession movement in the San Fernando Valley. And he pushed for the creation of the neighborhood council system.
Gregory has held the positions of dean, director of financial aid, and photography and visual arts teacher at Westlake School and Harvard-Westlake School, a private middle and high school that boasts Mayor Eric Garcetti among its alumni.
Riordan owns the Original Pantry Cafe, and spends his time furthering his charitable initiatives through the Riordan Foundation, which focuses on education and leadership training.
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