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[Bob Browning]

> Buffett Marks 76th Birthday by Marrying Longtime Companion
>
> By George Stein
>
> Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett married his longtime 
> companion, Astrid Menks, on his 76th birthday yesterday.
>
> A district judge in Nebraska's Douglas County married the couple, said 
> Linda Faulk, a bailiff in the court. The wedding of Menks and Buffett, 
> the chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., was reported 
> earlier by the Omaha World-Herald.
>
> ``As an investor, you have to feel happy for him,'' said Thomas Russo, 
> who helps manage $3 billion at Gardner Russo & Gardner in Lancaster, 
> Pennsylvania, including 2,200 Berkshire shares. ``I don't think this 
> has a blinking impact on the business.''
>
> The ceremony marks the third major change in Buffett's life this year. 
> In March, he announced Berkshire's board had chosen a successor to 
> take over if he died or became incapacitated. In June, Buffett pledged 
> the bulk of his $44 billion fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates 
> Foundation. He gave the first installment of his gift Aug. 24.
>
> Buffett and Menks, 60, were introduced by Buffett's first wife, Susan 
> Thompson Buffett, when Menks was a cocktail waitress in Omaha, 
> according to Buffett biographer Roger Lowenstein. Susan and Warren 
> Buffett were separated beginning in 1977 but remained married until 
> her death from a stroke in July 2004.
>
> Buffett's daughter, also named Susan, said the newlyweds had been 
> considering marriage for a while and don't have plans to take a 
> honeymoon, the World-Herald said.
>
> Buffett's pledge of 10 million Class B shares, valued at $30.7 billion 
> when Buffett disclosed his plans, was the largest charitable 
> commitment in history, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. 
> Buffett is the world's second-richest man after his friend Gates, 50, 
> the chairman of Microsoft Corp., the biggest software maker.
>
> -- With reporting by Catherine Larkin in Washington. Editor: Fefer (cjn)
>

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