11 Famous New York Couples With Their Wedding Cakes
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These New Yorkers’ weddings take the cake, from Eunice Mary Kennedy slicing into a towering, six-tier creation while standing atop a chair in 1953 to Tracy Morgan and Megan Wollover cutting into a Rolex-themed confection in 2015. Click through the gallery ahead to look back on 11 celebrity duos on their wedding days.
*This article appears in the Winter 2017 issue of New York Weddings.


Zsa Zsa Gabor & Herbert Hutner Actress and banker. Married November 5, 1962, at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau.
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Al Roker & Deborah Roberts TV journalists. Married September 16, 1995. Reception at Essex House.
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Al Roker & Deborah Roberts TV journalists. Married September 16, 1995. Reception at Essex House.
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Debbie Reynolds & Eddie Fisher Actress and singer. Married September 26, 1955, at Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel in Liberty, New York.
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Debbie Reynolds & Eddie Fisher Actress and singer. Married September 26, 1955, at Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel in Liberty, New York.
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Tiny Tim & Vicki Budinger Singer and a 17-year-old. Married December 17, 1969. Reception at the Ground Floor restaurant in the CBS Building.
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Tiny Tim & Vicki Budinger Singer and a 17-year-old. Married December 17, 1969. Reception at the Ground Floor restaurant in the CBS Building.
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Nat King Cole & Maria Hawkins Ellington Jazz singers. Married March 28, 1948. Reception at the Belmont Plaza Hotel.
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Nat King Cole & Maria Hawkins Ellington Jazz singers. Married March 28, 1948. Reception at the Belmont Plaza Hotel.
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Robert F. Wagner Jr. & Barbara Cavanagh New York City mayor and socialite. Married July 28, 1965. Reception at the Cosmopolitan Club.
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Robert F. Wagner Jr. & Barbara Cavanagh New York City mayor and socialite. Married July 28, 1965. Reception at the Cosmopolitan Club.
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Vanessa Williams & Rick Fox Actress and basketball player. Married September 26, 1999. Reception at the St. Regis Hotel.
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Vanessa Williams & Rick Fox Actress and basketball player. Married September 26, 1999. Reception at the St. Regis Hotel.
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Tracy Morgan & Megan Wollover Comedian and actress. Married August 23, 2015, at the Ashford Estate in Allentown, New Jersey.
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Tracy Morgan & Megan Wollover Comedian and actress. Married August 23, 2015, at the Ashford Estate in Allentown, New Jersey.
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Edith Piaf & Jacques Peals Singers. Married September 20, 1952. Reception at the Versailles nightclub.
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Gloria Vanderbilt & Sidney Lumet Fashion designer and director. Married August 27, 1956, at playwright Sidney Kingsley’s apartment.
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Gloria Vanderbilt & Sidney Lumet Fashion designer and director. Married August 27, 1956, at playwright Sidney Kingsley’s apartment.
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Eunice Mary Kennedy & Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. Philanthropist and politician. Married May 23, 1953. Reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel....
Eunice Mary Kennedy & Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. Philanthropist and politician. Married May 23, 1953. Reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
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