Editing Luc Longley (section)

==Personal life==
Longley was married to an American, Kelly Yates,<ref name="Scoop">{{cite journal|url=http://scoop.realviewtechnologies.com/default.aspx?iid=32709&startpage=page0000064|title=Luc Longley Inspirational 2001|publisher=Scoop Magazine|issue=50|date=Summer 2009|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> whom he met while he was attending college in Albuquerque and they have two daughters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/02/14/longley-may-be-out-until-sunday/|title=Longley may be out until Sunday|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|last=Armour|first=Terry|date=14 February 1996|access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref> He married an Australian, [[Anna Gare]], a former musician and current television presenter, in 2008.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.scoop.com.au/Feature/Recipe-for-happiness |title=Recipe for Happiness |publisher=Scoop Magazine |last=Szabo |first=Sarah |issue=51 |date=Autumn 2010 |access-date=7 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102233741/http://www.scoop.com.au/Feature/Recipe-for-happiness |archive-date=2 November 2010 }}</ref> The Longley family are well known in the [[Fremantle|Fremantle, Western Australia]] area, to the extent that a 25-year-old, then Chicago Bulls player, Longley was present at the [[Fremantle Football Club]]'s unveiling and launch at the Fremantle Port. He cited Fremantle at the time as "one of the world's great spots".{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

In 1996, Longley bought a house in [[Riverwoods, Illinois]].<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/06/21/home-courts/ Home Courts - tribunedigital-chicagotribune] Retrieved 2017-02-25.</ref> Also in 1996, he wrote a book, ''Running with the Bulls,'' about the 1995–96 season; Bulls coach Phil Jackson wrote the foreword.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/the-real-reason-why-mjs-aussie-teammate-didnt-feature-in-documentary/news-story/6adb6b3c56e9139f8534fb2729cf921a | title=The real reason MJ's Aussie teammate Luc Longley is missing in the Last Dance | date=30 April 2020 }}</ref>

On 6 April 2007, Longley's $2 million home in Fremantle<ref name="newscomau">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21517891-2,00.html |title=Explosion woke basketball player |date=7 April 2007 |publisher=[[Australian Associated Press]]|access-date=20 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415113822/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C21517891-2%2C00.html |archive-date=15 April 2009}}</ref> was destroyed by a fire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2829470|title=Ex-Bulls center, family safe following Friday night's fire|date=7 April 2007|publisher=ESPN Sports|access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/longley-gutted-over-lost-home/story-e6frg4iu-1111113300684|title=Longley gutted over lost home|work=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]]|date=6 April 2007|last=Quartermaine|first=Brad|access-date=10 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921213019/http://www.perthnow.com.au/longley-gutted-over-lost-home/story-e6frg4iu-1111113300684|archive-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> It was initially believed  that much of Longley's memorabilia from his basketball career was lost, although he later said he only lost his 1996 team photo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/luc-longley--from-running-with-the-chicago-bulls-to-falling-in-love-with-basketball-again-20150312-142c9e.html|title=Luc Longley - from running with the Chicago Bulls to falling in love with basketball again|date=13 March 2015}}</ref> He then bought a warehouse on a nearby street which Gare's father, an architect, converted into a house for their needs. In 2015, the couple moved to a property near the coastal [[Western Australia]]n town of [[Denmark, Western Australia|Denmark]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/business/finance/home-scores-on-many-levels-ng-ya-387226|title=Home scores on many levels|work=[[The West Australian]]|date=14 March 2015|first=Katherine|last=Fleming|access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref>

In December 2009 Longley, who had previously participated in marine conservation efforts, named a newly discovered shrimp species ''[[Lebbeus clarehannah]]'' after his 15-year-old daughter.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/luc-longley-shrimp-species/#ixzz0dKhM6MQs|magazine=Wired|first=Alexis|last=Madrigal|title=7-Foot NBA Center Wins eBay Auction to Name Shrimp Species|date=4 December 2009}}</ref> His wife's sister Sophie is married to British comedian [[Ben Elton]].