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Star Jones wedding star-studded bash

‘View’ co-host married banker Al Reynolds

Star Jones, co-host of ABC's "The View," and banker Al Reynolds walk down the aisle at their wedding in New York Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004.
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updated 8:21 p.m. ET Nov. 14, 2004

NEW YORK - Star Jones, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” married banker Al Reynolds in a star-studded Park Avenue bash.

Notables ranging from Spike Lee to Sen. Hillary Clinton packed into St. Bartholomew’s Church Saturday to watch Jones, 42, who wore a a designer strapless wedding dress with a 27-foot train, exchange vows with Reynolds.

“The train was so long it took about seven people to carry it,” said friend and guest Valerie Simpson, songwriter and half of the R&B duo Ashford and Simpson.

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With songstress Patti LaBelle performing, and a bridal party including Natalie Cole, Vivica A. Fox and Holly Robinson Peete, the storybook wedding lasted until 8 p.m. before moving to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for an equally celebrity-heavy reception.

“I smiled a lot,” said Jones’ “The View” co-host Barbara Walters. “I was happy for her. She had the biggest smile I’ve ever seen.”


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