Editing Kelsey Grammer (section)

== Early life, family and education ==
Kelsey Grammer was born on [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Thomas]] in the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]].<ref name= "tvg">{{cite web|url = https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kelsey-grammer/160338/|title = Kelsey Grammer|website = [[TV Guide]]| publisher = [[CBS Corporation]]| access-date = April 24, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151218112747/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kelsey-grammer/160338/|url-status=dead|archive-date = December 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name= "biography.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/kelsey-grammer-9317910| title=Kelsey Grammer: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Actor, Television Actor (1955–)|website=[[Biography.com]]|publisher=[[A&E Networks]]|archive-date= March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323010153/http://www.biography.com/people/kelsey-grammer-9317910|url-status=dead}}</ref> Grammer's mother, Sally Cranmer (1928–2008), was a dancer who performed under the name of Sally Sullivan.<ref name= momdeath>{{cite news |url= https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9807E4DB173AF932A25754C0A96E9C8B63.html |title=Paid Notice: Deaths: Sally Grammer |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 11, 2008|archive-date= June 29, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629000402/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E4DB173AF932A25754C0A96E9C8B63 | url-status=live }}</ref> His father, Frank Allen Grammer Jr. was a musician who owned a coffee shop, Greer's Place;<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Grammer's Lesson | first = Michael | last= Malone |url = http://www.smokemag.com/0300/cover.htm|website = smokemag.com| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906065614/http://www.smokemag.com/0300/cover.htm|url-status= dead| archive-date = September 6, 2015| date = Spring 2000| df = mdy-all | volume= 5| number = 2| access-date = October 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Dougary">{{cite web|url = http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/a-suitable-case-for-treatment/|title = A Suitable Case for Treatment| via = GinnyDougary.com|author-link = Ginny Dougary| first = Ginny|last = Dougary|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720155916/http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2005/11/12/a-suitable-case-for-treatment/| archive-date= July 20, 2011 |url-status=live| work = [[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> and owned and edited a magazine, ''Virgin Islands View''.<ref name="upi"/> Kelsey had a younger sister, Karen, and four half-siblings from his father's second marriage.

Grammer's personal life has been shaped by many family tragedies. Following his parents' divorce, Grammer was raised in New Jersey by his mother and maternal grandparents, Gordon and Evangeline Cranmer.<ref name="auto">{{cite AV media| first= Kelsey | last= Grammer| title= Kelsey Grammer| work= Desert Island Discs| publisher= BBC Radio 4 | date= December 2017}}</ref> The family later relocated to [[Pompano Beach, Florida]]. When Grammer was twelve years old, his grandfather died of cancer.<ref name="auto" /> In 1968, his father was murdered in Saint Thomas during a [[King assassination riots|wave of racial violence following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]]<ref name="upi">{{Cite web |title= Race Tension Builds Up in Virgin Isles |url= https://www.upi.com/Archives/1968/04/26/Race-Tension-Builds-Up-in-Virgin-Isles/6501528910081/ | date= April 26, 1968|website=UPI.com |language=en |access-date= September 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| url= http://www.businessinsider.com/kelsey-grammers-tragic-family-life-2013-5| title=Kelsey Grammer's Tragic Family Life| work= [[Business Insider]] | first= Terryn| last= Boulton| date= May 27, 2013|access-date=June 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| url=https://gazettereview.com/2016/02/what-happened-kelsey-grammer-news-updates/|title=What Happened To Kelsey Grammer – New Updates for 2018| last=Stanton|first=Barry W.|date=February 23, 2016|work= [[The Gazette Review]] |access-date=June 7, 2017}}</ref> In 1975, his sister was kidnapped, raped, and murdered in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], by spree killer [[Freddie Glenn]].<ref name=opens>{{cite web|url= https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/04/kelsey-grammer-sister-death-finding-neverland| title=Kelsey Grammer Opens Up About the Family Tragedy that Shaped His Life|last=Heilpern|first=John|website= [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=April 15, 2015| access-date= December 30, 2018}}</ref> In 1980, his two teenage half-brothers died in a scuba diving accident.<ref name=opens/>

Grammer attended [[Pine Crest School]], a private preparatory school in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]].<ref name="auto"/> It was there that he first began to sing and perform on stage.<ref name="auto"/> Grammer later won a scholarship to study drama at the [[Juilliard School]], where he was a member of Group 6 from 1973 to 1975.<ref name="auto"/><ref name= "parade">{{cite news | archive-date=January 26, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126015951/http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_11-28-2004/in_step_with_0 | author-link=James Brady (columnist) | url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_11-28-2004/in_step_with_0 | title=In Step With: Kelsey Grammer | work= [[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] | date= November 28, 2004 | last=Brady | first=James}}</ref> However, after his sister's murder, Grammer failed to attend classes and was eventually expelled.<ref name="auto"/>

Grammer described himself as "a Caribbean kid", and he enjoys vacationing in the Bahamas, the US Virgin Islands, and British Virgin Islands.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2019/06/13/getting-to-know-kelsey-grammer%E2%80%8B/| title=Getting to know Kelsey Grammer| first=Vicki |last= Wheaton| publisher= | website= Cayman Compass|date=June 13, 2019|access-date= March 24, 2020}}</ref>