Who is Diane Alexander? – Interesting Facts About Lionel Richie’s Ex-wife

Diane caught the spotlight after marrying Lionel Richie who is a singer and an international superstar. Unfortunately, they got divorced in 2003 after seven years of marriage. Diane herself is a fashion designer and a former dancer. She has acted in a few movies such as Lake Girls and Forget Paris. We can easily assume her career is going smoothly and steadily.

A Quick Check At The Early Days

She was born on 16 June 1967, born and raised in the United States which makes Diane Alexander’s nationality American. She is active on her social media posting about her kids and lifestyle updates.

Diane Alexander age is 56 years as of 2024, her children are now quite famous around social media. Her son Miles is a 25-year-old model and daughter Sofia Richie who has also created her name in the modelling industry and became more famous after dating the famous Scott Disick.

She has maintained herself very well and also takes care of her health and skin. Diane Alexander’s height is 5’7” and weighs 60kg and she has a decent body figure.

Net Worth Insights

Diane’s net worth is approximately $1 million. As a fashion designer and former dancer, she has not that much of a social media following. However, marrying Lionel helped her a lot as she shared his net worth which was over $200 million. After divorce, she received a decent amount of money as her alimony. She got $300,000 a month for child support and herself.

Relationship with Lionel Richie

Diane’s Alexander’s husband Lionel Richie is one of the popular singers from the late ’70s to mid-’80s. They tied their knot on 21 December 1995. However, they knew each other way before that. In the Los Angeles Olympic service in 1984, where Lionel was singing, that is where they met. Although Lionel was married to Brenda Harvey at that moment, they both were separated.

Lionel and Diane started dating two years after the Olympic ceremony. Brenda found it out in not the best way and threw a tantrum by showing aggression and attacking her husband. She was later sued and arrested because of her immoral act. Lionel divorced Brenda after 17 years of marriage and then married Diane Alexander.

The couple has two kids, Miles Brockman born on May 27 1994, while their daughter who is now a successful model Sofia Richie was born on 24th August 1998. The couple got divorced later in 2003, she asked for $300,000 alimony to take care of her children and her health, jewellery, clothes etc.

Private life

As she is not that famous among people anymore there is not much information regarding her private life. But she has moved on from her divorce and is now engaged since 2015. Diane Alexander’s spouse’s name is Dave Kenney.

There is no information about them breaking up nor getting married so we can’t guess their current relationship status. Lionel and Diane are still on good terms as there are pictures of their kids together with their father.

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Conclusion

Diane Alexander’s Wikipedia is not yet updated but she is mentioned on Lionel Richie’s Wikipedia page. Before marrying Richie, Diane Alexander’s house was sold for more than $600,000.

She also owned a clothing line called Alexander Brown Clothing Line, but Richie asked her to sell it and stay at home taking care of the kids. Diane Alexander’s ethnicity is white Caucasian and she lives now in Los Angeles, California.