John Barry: Bob and Marlene got married on a borrowed boat called Paradise Found on a hazy April day in 1984. She wore white. He wore peach. They exchanged traditional vows. But then they broke the vow "to love and to cherish," and broke that other one, "for better or for worse." They decimated "for richer, for poorer." They annihilated "in sickness or in health." Their divorce started in 1995. They're still fighting over the money in court. They've run through 10 judges and 16 lawyers. Their Hillsborough County Courthouse file is up to Volume 13. Only one wedding vow remains that Bob and Marlene haven't broken: "Till death do us part."
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