Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Michael Flatley is single again

|
|
 
  
Published: April 7, 2006 at 7:17 PM

LONDON, April 7 (UPI) -- "Lord of the Dance" Michael Flatley and his girlfriend, Lisa Murphy, have ended their six-year relationship and are no longer living together.

Friends told the Daily Mail Flatley, 47, was "sad but philosophical" about the breakup.

"He said that it was not just a long-term girlfriend like Lisa that he needed but something more," an insider told the newspaper. "He then turned to me and said, 'I'm at a stage in my life when I want a wife and a family.'"

The couple had homes in London and Ireland, the Mail said.

The couple has split before and reconciled, but friends said this time it appears to be permanent.

Flatley, a native of Chicago, was preparing for his new stage show, "Paper Tiger," and refused to comment on the breakup.

Topics: Michael Flatley
© 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
SeaWorld's new Manta Rollercoaster stalled on its second day of operation; SeaWorld said not to...
For first time in 14 years, ugly assed baby meerkat born at Tulsa zoo. w/vid
Meanwhile in North Carolina... Witth bonus irony for the town name
Happy 75th birthday to the Golden Gate Bridge, the most beautiful bridge in the world
Photoshop this frog jumping coach
China criticizes the U.S. on its "dismal" human rights record, citing police brutality, arresting...