People magazine, February 11, 1980 — Bo & John Derek — On an audition trail, 16-year-old Bo met director John Derek, 30 years her senior, in 1972. John divorced his wife, actress Linda Evans, and John & Bo moved to Germany to avoid John's being charged with statutory rape. The couple returned to America soon after Bo's 18th birthday, and they married in 1976. They remained married until his death in 1998.