And it ought to be interesting that, trailing as he does a string of ex-wives and neglected offspring in his wake, he also carries with him the deep, dark secret of what actually triggered that 1986 withdrawal from the world.
When you've hit your mid-thirties and have a string of exes in your past, chances are you're going to find yourself holding an invitation to one of their weddings.
She is forty-something Australian pop princess with a string of celebrity exes, while he is a public school-educated scion of nobility, whose family home is a rambling country house in Herefordshire.
Anoka, Minnesota, may be only a 35-minute drive from liberal downtown Minneapolis, but this is Michele Bachmann country, part of a string of northern ex-urban suburbs that are solidly Republican.
As she goes through a string of her exes -- from the likes of puppeteer Andy Samberg to a gay Anthony Mackie to real-life husband Chris Pratt -- in search of The One, she finds that she may have what she's looking for just across the hallway.
Remember: Gumshoes may uncover a criminal record or a secret string of ex-wives, but they won't have a clue whether this man will treat you kindly — or annoy you to death by watching "Law & Order" reruns all night.
Over the last decade, a string of studies have matched discharged ex-felons to voter registration files in the states where they're permitted to vote.
Now, following a string of court victories, hospitals, universities and ex-medical residents may soon receive billions of dollars in FICA tax refunds to satisfy some of their pending claims.
I made a string of phone calls to my now-ex.
A private investigator called Steve Whittamore, whose property was raided in 2003, was used by a string of newspapers including the Observer to obtain ex-directory and vehicle ownership and other personal information.
However the move caused huge controversy, exacerbated by the company's poor reputation for protecting user privacy, thanks to a string of scandals — such as internal employees stalking ex-girlfriends and celebs; the company spying on reporters' trips, and misusing an internal tracking tool; and claims by a former employee of poor security practices around private data, to name just a few.
