Diane Cory: What happened to Bill Wyman’s ex-wife?

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Diane Cory is the first wife of celebrated English musician Bill Wyman. Diane Cory’s husband was the bassist for the rock band The Rolling Stones from 1962 to 1993. He was part of the band’s first stable lineup and performed on their first 19 albums. Since 1997, he has performed as the vocalist and bassist for Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Rolling Stones in 1989.

Diane Cory: Bio Summary

Full NameDiane Maureen Cory
famous asBill Wyman’s ex-Wife
AgeN/A
Date of BirthN/A
Place of BirthBritish
Zodiac signN/A
NationalityBritish
EthnicityCaucasian
Children Stephen Paul Wyman
spouseBill Wyman (m. 1959-1969)

Who was Bill Wyman’s first wife?

Diane Cory is famous as the first wife of Bill Wyman. One night Wyman and his friends were sitting having coffee on the balcony and one of the friends pointed out some girls he knew, and he revealed how much he liked one of the girls. They invited the girls up for coffee and he got the chance to chat with Diane.

she was seventeen and lived with her widower father and younger sister in Kirkdale Road, Upper Sydenham. The musician revealed this on his website. “She had very black, curly hair and a cheerful personality, and had a little Spanish blood, through a grandparent. She worked at Barclays Bank in Millbank, London, preparing customer’s bank statements.

The two love birds started to go out together and he discovered that she was into sports, having been the long-jump champion at school, played netball, and followed the Crystal Palace football team like him. Bill Wyman and Diane Cory even began to visit her relatives in Dulwich, Beckenham, and Bromley.

After rows with her father, Bill’s girlfriend Diane moved in with him at Blenheim Road. Where they now watched the Crystal Palace football team regularly and go with friends to The Three Tuns Hotel in Beckenham High Street, where they would socialize with drinks and play darts most evenings.

Diane Cory and Bill Wyman’s marriage

On the musician’s 23rd birthday on Saturday 24th October 1959, the two love bord tied the knot at St John’s Church, Penge, with Bill’s friend, Albert Stone as the best man. After being together for eighteen months, they virtually drifted into marriage, following the custom of so many of their friends. They had a small wedding reception at the King Alfred Pub, in Southend Lane, Bellingham, London.

Bill revealed on his website that they had no money to go on a honeymoon, and so the following week, when England’s first motorway, the M1, opened, the young couple decided to visit his old RAF friend Jim Bottrell in Smethwick, Birmingham, for the weekend. Halfway up the M1 they realized that they had left Jim Bottrell’s new address at home.

Since they only had enough petrol money for the one trip, Bill decided to continue and chance his luck. thought he was crazy and kept insisting they should return home, and they argued throughout the drive. However, they drove on to Birmingham and luckily chanced upon Jim.

A few years later the couple had their son Stephen Paul Wyman who was born on 29 March 1962. Diane Cory and Bill Wyman separated in 1967 and divorced in 1969. Bill claimed his first marriage to his wife Diane Cory ‘never worked’ because he married her for the wrong reasons per Dailmail‘s report.

ALSO, READ; Stephen Paul Wyman: Where is Bill Wyman’s son now?

Where is Diane Cory now?

Diane Cory has been living a very private life away from the cameras after her marriage with Bill ended. It is unclear if she ever married again. She has not made any headlines or granted any interviews in recent years. But Bill Wyman on the other hand moved on and got married twice.

ALSO, READ; Suzanne Accosta: Inside the Life of Bill Wyman’s Wife

On 2 June 1989, aged 52, Wyman married 18-year-old Mandy Smith. Bill and Mandy separated two years later and finalized their divorce two years after that. In April 1993 Wyman married his third wife model Suzanne Accosta, whom he first met in 1980; the two had remained friends until their romance developed. The couple have three daughters.

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Kennedy Gedzah is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST (2018). He is the Owner and has been the lead content creator at Dicytrends.com since 2020. His Passion for providing people with credible and well-researched information on the internet led him to build Dicytrends.com. With more than 5 years of experience in blogging and writing, he has amassed sufficient knowledge on various topics, including biographies, fashion and lifestyles, Entertainment, and more. You can contact him via email: Kgedzah@gmail.com

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