Editing Michael Nesmith (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Michael Nesmith at the Chiller Theatre Expo 2017.jpg|thumb|Nesmith at the Chiller Theatre Expo 2017]]
Nesmith was married three times and had four children.

He met his first wife, Phyllis Ann Barbour, in 1964, while at San Antonio College.<ref>National Enquirer, February 26, 2010</ref> Together, they had three children: [[Christian Nesmith|Christian]], born in 1965; Jonathan, born in 1968; and Jessica, born in 1970. Nesmith and Barbour divorced in 1972.

Nesmith also had a son, Jason, born in August 1968 to [[Nurit Wilde]], whom he met while working on ''The Monkees''.<ref>Harvey Kubernik, Scott Calamar, Diltz, Henry, Lou Adler, ''Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon'' ([[Sterling Publishing]], 2009), {{ISBN|978-1-4027-6589-6}}, p. 95. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bANZjtz2qUkC&q=nurit Excerpts available] at [[Google Books]].</ref>

In 1976, he married his second wife, Kathryn Bild.<ref name="Starts at 60">{{cite web |title=The Monkees star reveals ex-wife moved back in with him amid declining health |url=https://startsat60.com/media/entertainment/the-monkees-mike-nesmith-ex-wife-moved-back-in-health-scare |website=Starts at 60 |access-date=December 11, 2021 |date=March 16, 2019}}</ref>

In 2000, he married his third wife, Victoria Kennedy, but the marriage ended in divorce in 2011.<ref>The Mirror (UK), March 5, 2011</ref>

When the Monkees' TV series ended in 1968, Nesmith enrolled part-time at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], where he studied [[American history]] and [[music history]]. In 1973, Nesmith founded the Countryside Records label with [[Jac Holzman]], the founder of [[Elektra Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bayles |first=Rick |date=2020-02-06 |title=Forgotten Artists – Mike Nesmith |url=https://americana-uk.com/forgotten-artists-mike-nesmith |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Americana UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 1974, Nesmith started [[Pacific Arts Corporation|Pacific Arts Records]] and released what he called "a book with a soundtrack", titled ''The Prison'', as the company's first release.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

===Health and death===
Nesmith was forced to cancel the last four dates of his 2018 tour with Micky Dolenz due to a "minor health scare". In an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' published on July 26 of that year, Nesmith said he had undergone quadruple bypass heart surgery, and had been hospitalized for over a month.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monkees-michael-nesmith-recovering-from-quadruple-bypass-heart-surgery-703665/|title=Monkees' Michael Nesmith Recovering From Quadruple Bypass Heart Surgery|first=Andy|last=Greene|date=July 26, 2018|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=October 12, 2018}}</ref>

Nesmith died from heart failure at his home in [[Carmel Valley, California]] on December 10, 2021 at the age of 78.<ref name="rsdeath">{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Michael Nesmith, Monkees singer-songwriter, dead at 78 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monkees-michael-nesmith-dead-1270079/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/arts/music/michael-nesmith-dead.html|title = Michael Nesmith, the 'Quiet Monkee,' Is Dead at 78|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = December 10, 2021|access-date = December 10, 2021|last = Genzlinger|first = Neil|url-access = limited}}</ref> His family said in a statement:
“With infinite love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes.”<ref name=":4"/> Dolenz memorialized Nesmith as "a dear friend and partner."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=Greg|title=Micky Dolenz Remembers Michael Nesmith: "I'll Miss It All So Much"|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/micky-dolenz-michael-nesmith-tribute-monkees-ill-miss-it-all-so-much-1234888902/|website=Deadline|date=December 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Remembering Michael Nesmith|url=https://www.monkees.com/article/remembering-michael-nesmith|access-date=2021-12-11|website=Monkees.com|language=en}}</ref>