Anne De Zogheb was an Egyptian-born top model and the former wife of Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor Paul Albert Anka. Anne’s ex-husband Paul Anka is best known for his signature hit songs including “Diana”, “Lonely Boy”, “Put Your Head on My Shoulder”, and “(You’re) Having My Baby”. He has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canada’s Walk of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Anne De Zogheb: Bio Summary
| Name | Anne De Zogheb |
| Famous as | ex-wife of Paul Anka, fashion model |
| Date of birth | October 2, 1942 |
| Place of birth | Alexandria, Egypt |
| Died | March 29, 2017 ( aged 74) |
| Gender | Female |
| Parent | Charles de Zogheb |
| Spouse | Paul Anka |
| Children | Amanda Anka, Amelia Anka, Alexandra Anka, Anthea Anka, and Alicia Anka |
Who Is Paul Anka’s Ex-wife, Anne?
Anne De Zogheb was born on October 2, 1942, in Alexandria, Egypt to an English mother and a Lebanese father. Her father is Lebanese diplomat Charles de Zogheb. She was raised in Egypt and is of Lebanese, English, French, Dutch, and Greek descent. She is half-English and half-Lebanese. It is unknown if she has siblings or not.
Anne’s grandfather had been educated in France and knighted by the king of Italy. He had inherited vast swaths of land in Alexandria, which was where the de Zoghebs were living when revolution wracked Egypt in 1952. Anne and her family relocated to England, where Anne was placed in a convent school.
By the time Anne De Zogheb graduated, there wasn’t enough money to take her to the university. “I was sent to a finishing school instead, which to me was a disaster,” Anne revealed. “Manners and all that. My parents had moved to Paris, and I called them and said, ‘I can’t stand this place. I’m not staying.’”
Anne De Zogheb moved to Paris, where she took a job at a small fashion house. She was encouraged by her then-boyfriend to visit the offices of Dorian Leigh, the famous model who by then owned a major modeling agency, which she did. Within a couple of weeks, Anne had booked the cover of French Elle, at age 17.
Eventually, Anne De Zogheb was noticed by modeling agent Eileen Ford. Ford asked Anne’s parents for permission to relocate her to New York, to which they agreed on the condition that Ford would take her in. In 1959, Anne moved into Ford’s Upper East Side townhouse. “I worked hard,” Anne remembers.
“I wasn’t the type to date photographers and that sort of thing. I was serious, I think, because my family had lost everything. My father had tried to do the stock market a bit, but he was in his 50s when we came to Europe. He was an elegant and sophisticated person, but you couldn’t just land and find a job.”
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Soon, Anne De Zogheb’s face became one of the most photographed faces of the early ’60s. She worked with well-known photographers including Richard Avedon, Bert Stern, and Helmut Newton. She graced the covers of many fashion magazines. Anne decided to support her family with her earnings.
Anne De Zogheb was an art lover and collector. She spent part of her life building and rebuilding a collection of contemporary art. Anne began to work with Lisa Schiff, a New York art adviser. Anne had a museum-quality Cy Twombly that was fragile. Lisa’s initial work for Anne was to place the painting in a European collection. The two visited galleries.
How Did Anne And Paul Anka Meet?
Anne De Zogheb met Paul Anka in the early 1960s, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the time they met, Anne was in Puerto Rico for a shoot. Her beauty caught Paul Anka’s eye. “Paul was very famous,” Anne recalled. “The nuns would not allow us to listen to Elvis Presley—and I was so madly in love with Elvis—because he was too suggestive.”
“But Paul’s music they allowed, so I knew all his songs.” Anne De Zogheb and Paul Anka began dating soon after they first met. The two got married on February 16, 1963, in a ceremony at Paris-Orly Airport. The couple spent several years in New York before moving to Las Vegas. Their marriage has been blessed with five daughters.
All five daughters have the letter ‘A’ at the beginning of their names: Amanda Anka, Amelia Anka, Alexandra Anka, Anthea Anka, and Alicia Anka. In the mid-’70s the family moved to Carmel, California, and later moved to Los Angeles around 1990. In 2001, Anne and Paul Anka got divorced, reportedly amicably.
“When we split up, Paul said, ‘I’ll take the house, you take the art,’” Anne said. “I said, ‘Fine, fine.’” After the divorce, Paul Anka married his personal trainer, Anna Åberg. Anna is a Swedish and American model, actress, and author. Paul and Anna’s marriage ended in a divorce. Paul later married Lisa Pemberton but their marriage also ended.
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How Did Paul Anka’s Ex-wife Die?
Paul Anka’s ex-wife Anne De Zogheb died on March 29, 2017, in Hollywood, California, USA. She was 74 years old at the time she passed away. The cause of her death is unknown. It is unknown if she died a natural death or died of an illness.
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