Editing Marilyn Bell (section)

==Personal life==
Bell was born in Toronto, Ontario, to parents Sydney and Grace Bell. The family moved to North Bay, Ontario, then Halifax, Nova Scotia, before returning to Toronto in 1946.{{sfn|Tivy|2003|pp=27–28}} After her swimming career, Marilyn married Joe Di Lascio and moved to [[New Jersey]], United States. They raised four children, Lisa, Michael, Jodi, and Janet, who were unaware of their mother's fame. Bell earned a BA, became an American citizen and was a teacher for over twenty years.{{sfn|Kearney|Ray|2006|p=127}} Joe Di Lascio died in September 2007. Bell later moved to [[New Paltz, New York]].<ref name="pe2016"/> 

Due to a back injury and [[scoliosis]], Bell gave up swimming in the early 2000s{{sfn|Kearney|Ray|2006|p=128}} and used a motorized chair to get around. She was able to return to swimming in 2016 at her retirement home when swimming instructor Terry Laughlin helped her change her swimming style from a "classic '50s style" to one that did not put as much strain on her spine.<ref name="wsj016"/>