Personal Life
Previn has been married five times. His first marriage was to Betty Bennett (with whom he had two daughters, Claudia Previn Stasny and Alicia 'Lovely' Previn who was violinist for the Irish band In Tua Nua), his second marriage to Dory Langan (better known as Dory Previn, the singer/songwriter) was childless; his third marriage was to Mia Farrow. Previn and Farrow had three children together, twins Matthew and Sascha, born 1970, and Fletcher, born 1974. They then adopted Vietnamese infants Lark Song and Summer "Daisy" Song (born October 6 1974). Lark died on Christmas Day of 2008. He is also the adoptive father of Soon-Yi Previn, who was adopted from Korea at age 8 (born October 8 1970). His fourth marriage was to Heather Sneddon in 1982. With Heather he had two children, Li-An Mary, adopted 1982 and Lukas Alexander, born 1983. This marriage ended after 20 years in 2002, and Previn immediately wed the German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, and later wrote a violin concerto for her. They divorced in 2006, but continue to work together in concerts. Previn wrote a brief memoir of his early years in Hollywood, No Minor Chords, which was published in 1991, edited by Jacqueline Onassis and dedicated to his wife, Heather.
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