Ann Lennox OBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.
After attaining success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics.
She launched the SING Campaign in 2007 and founded a women’s empowerment charity dubbed The Circle in 2008.
In 2011, Lennox was appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for her “tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes”.
She performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace on June 4, 2012.
In 2017, Lennox was appointed Glasgow Caledonian University’s first female chancellor.
Mitchell Besser: Who is Annie Lennox’s husband?
Ann Lennox has been married three times.
Mitchell Besser is the third husband of Annie Lennox. He is an obstetrician and gynaecologist. His professional career has been dedicated to the public health needs of women living with HIV.
In 2009, while fundraising, Lennox met Dr. Mitch Besser and his wife who had begun an AIDS charity in Africa. She became involved in his charity Mothers2Mothers which helps children and single mothers with Aids.
Dr. Besser’s wife Debra Jackson, filed for divorce after pictures emerged of him walking hand-in-hand with Miss Lennox.
On September 15, 2012, Besser married Lennox at a private ceremony in London.
Lennox has two daughters from a previous marriage to Israeli film and record producer Uri Fruchtmann while Dr. Besser has two sons.
Is Annie Lennox still married?
Yes, Annie Lennox is still married to Mitchell Besser.