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Vanessa Williams has 4th of July wedding

By Danielle Haynes
Actress Vanessa Williams married her fiancé, Jim Skrip, on Independence Day. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actress Vanessa Williams married her fiancé, Jim Skrip, on Independence Day. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

BUFFALO, N.Y., July 4 (UPI) -- Vanessa Williams and fiancé Jim Skrip said "I do" Saturday in Buffalo, N.Y., her representative said.

The 52-year-old actress married Skrip, a former accountant she met in 2013 in Egypt, shortly before fireworks went off on Independence Day, her representative confirmed to multiple news outlets.

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Williams hinted at the ceremony two days earlier with a tweet.

"Road trip for the holiday weekend," she wrote. "Happy 4th.

This is Williams' third marriage. From 1987 to 1997, she was married to Ramon Hervey, with whom she shares three children -- Melanie, 28, Jillian, 26, and Devin, 22. She also has a daughter, Sasha, 15, with ex-husband Rick Fox.

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