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With separation after 72 days, Kim Kardashian joins a select crowd of failed celebrity marriages

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At number 10 is the marriage of this actress, Jennifer Esposito, to actor Bradley Cooper ("Limitless"). They married in October 2006 and were separated soon after, but only "officially" separated after four months.Reuters

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Also clocking in at four months was the 2005 marriage of actress Renee Zellweger and country music singer Kenny Chesney. A spokesperson for the couple said, mysteriously, "The miscommunication of the objective of their marriage at the start is the only reason for this annulment."The Associated Press

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Lisa Marie Presley and actor Nicolas Cage lasted a mere three months after marrying in August 2002. The divorce proceedings lasted seven times longer than the marriage.Reuters

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NBA player Kris Humphries and TV personality Kim Kardashian entered the pantheon in 7th place when Kardashian filed for divorce after 72 days of marriage on Oct. 31, 2011.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

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"Saturday Night Live" cast member Chris Kattan married Sunshine Tutt on June 28, 2008 and separated on Aug. 10, 2008.

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Actor Ernest Borgnine married actress Ethel Merman in 1964 but they barely lasted a month togetherFrederick M. Brown/Getty Images

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Former Miss USA Ali Landry married "Saved by the Bell" star Mario Lopez on April 24, 2004, but had the marriage annulled two week's later because of her husband's alleged infidelities.NATHAN DENETTE/The Canadian Press

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Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman married actress Carmen Electra in 1998 but filed for an annulment a little over a week later. His agent said Rodman was "deeply intoxicated" during the wedding. Electra eventually filed for divorce in 1999.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

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Britney Spears fed the tabloid mill in January 2004 when she married her childhood sweetheart, Jason Alexander, in a Las Vegas chapel. The marriage was annulled 55 hours later.

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Still on top after close to a century, Rudolph Valentino holds the record for the shortest celebrity marriage. He impetuously married actress Jean Acker in 1919 but never even made it to the nuptial bed. Acker immediately regretted the marriage and refused to let him into their honeymoon suite. The marriage was never consummated, and they eventually divorced in 1921.The Associated Press

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