Across the pond was the tragic love story between these two actors.

They eventually married in 1940 and were at the height of their "couple goals" status, but health problems and their overall rocky relationship led to their downfall around 1958.

Named the "best love story, ever" by The Hollywood Reporter, this couple met in 1944.

They had two kids and were married for 13 years, until Humphrey died of esophageal cancer in 1957.

After a whirlwind romance, the dreamy Hollywood couple were married in June 1951.

They divorced in 1968 after 14 years of marriage.

A handsome singer and beautiful actress fall in love, get married in 1955, and have two children...one of whom becomes Princess Leia.

Eddie went on to fall for Elizabeth Taylor (more on those two later) and divorced Debbie in 1959.

The Hollywood actress married for the fourth time to the CEO of Pepsi in 1955.

After three failed marriages, she spent four years with Alfred before he died from a heart attack in 1959.

Two "it" Hollywood couples in the late '50s were Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and then Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd.

By 1959, Elizabeth and Eddie were married, and Debbie was left with the couple's two kids.

Elizabeth and Eddie lasted for about five years, but then she fixed her gaze on Richard Burton.

The couple met in the early '50s and secretly married in 1960.

Around the same time, she met and married Lennie Hayton in 1947, but they moved to Paris amid scrutiny of their interracial relationship.

All of the hate and racism they received didn't stop their love, however, and they were together until Lennie died in 1971.

"Anne and I both grew up during the marriage, we both grew up, we both knew what was really important, and what love meant, and … what doing for each other meant," Mel said in a 2013 PBS documentary.

She was married to Eddie Fisher, as you'll remember, and the affair made headlines all over the world.

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Another enduring love story was the one between the ever-iconic Julie and her husband Blake.

They were married in 1969, had two daughters together, and their union lasted until Blake's death in 2010.

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One of the most legendary duos of all time, the Beatles singer-songwriter and his artist wife were married in 1969.

The couple stayed together, had two kids, and were married until John's assassination in 1980

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At the time, he was married to Shirley Douglas

Though they briefly met as kids, the couple didn't get together until they reconnected in 1971