Editing Chuck Yeager (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Chuck Yeager commemorates historic flight 121014-F-HZ730-027.jpg|thumb|right|On October 14, 2012, Yeager co-piloted a new ''Glamorous Glennis III'' [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15D Eagle]] to commemorate the 65th anniversary of his historic flight.]]
Yeager named his plane after his wife, Glennis, as a good-luck charm: "You're my good-luck charm, hon. Any airplane I name after you always brings me home."<ref>{{cite book|title=How is it done?|last=Frost |first=John|publisher=The Reader's Digest Association Limited|year=1990|location=London|pages=202}}</ref> Yeager and Glennis moved to [[Grass Valley, California]], after his retirement from the Air Force in 1975. The couple prospered as a result of Yeager's best-selling autobiography, speaking engagements, and commercial ventures.<ref name="Moller">{{cite news|last=Moller|first=Dave |url=http://www.theunion.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040219/NEWS/102190105|title=Yeager children sue their father|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820012601/http://www.theunion.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20040219%2FNEWS%2F102190105|archive-date=August 20, 2012|publisher=The Union|location=Nevada County, California|date=February 19, 2004|access-date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> Glennis Yeager died of [[ovarian cancer]] in 1990. They had four children (Susan, Don, Mickey, and Sharon).<ref name="Tresniowski">{{cite magazine|last=Tresniowski|first=Alex|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20149499,00.html|title=The Wife Stuff: Feuds, Trials & Lawsuits, Bills, Bills, Bills, Chuck Yeager|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809080730/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20149499,00.html|archive-date=August 9, 2011|magazine=People (American magazine)|date=March 8, 2004|access-date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> Yeager's son Mickey (Michael) died unexpectedly in Oregon, on March 26, 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/registerguard/obituary.aspx?n=michael-yeager&pid=150109447| title = Michael Yeager (1947-2011)-obituary| website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref>

Yeager appeared in a [[Texas]] advertisement for [[George H. W. Bush]]'s [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]] presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite news|title=Republicans Hire Chuck Yeager For Political Ads|url=https://apnews.com/article/1ea02f01f81e60598bc0b0853ec5e2fa|access-date=December 7, 2020|work=Associated Press|date=October 13, 1988}}</ref>
In 2000, Yeager met actress Victoria Scott D'Angelo on a hiking trail in Nevada County. The pair started dating shortly thereafter, and married in August 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Chuck-Yeager-is-in-love-Three-of-his-kids-doubt-2821681.php|title=Chuck Yeager is in love. Three of his kids doubt his new wife, who's half his age, is made of the right stuff. They're suing.|last=Costantinou|first=Marianne|date=February 18, 2004|website=sfgate.com|access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> A bitter dispute arose between Yeager, his children, and D'Angelo. The children contended that she, at least 35 years Yeager's junior, had married him for his fortune. Yeager and D'Angelo both denied the charge. Litigation ensued, in which his children accused D'Angelo of "undue influence" on Yeager, and Yeager accused his children of diverting millions of dollars from his assets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-02-et-hubler2-story.html|title=Far from heavens|last=Hubler|first=Shawn|date=July 2, 2004|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref> In August 2008, the [[California Court of Appeal]] ruled for Yeager, finding that his daughter Susan had breached her duty as trustee.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.metnews.com/articles/2008/yeag082608.htm|title=C.A. rules against Chuck Yeager's daughter in dispute with stepmother|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218050222/http://www.metnews.com/articles/2008/yeag082608.htm|archive-date=December 18, 2012|publisher=MetNews|date=August 26, 2008|access-date=November 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite court|url=http://www.fearnotlaw.com/articles/article22023.html|litigants=Yeager v. D'Angelo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218073636/http://www.fearnotlaw.com/articles/article22023.html |opinion=C052483|court=Cal.App.3rd|date=August 22, 2008}}</ref>

Yeager lived in Grass Valley, [[Northern California]] and died in the afternoon of December 7, 2020 ([[National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day]]), at age 97, in a Los Angeles hospital.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/video/chuck-yeager-made-history-breaking-121946785.html|title=Chuck Yeager, who made history for breaking the sound barrier, dies at 97|publisher=Yahoo!|format=Video |date=December 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/us/chuck-yeager-death/index.html|title=Chuck Yeager, pilot who broke the sound barrier, dies at 97|publisher=CNN|date=December 7, 2020|access-date=December 7, 2020|last1=Muntean|first1=Pete|last2=Silverman|first2=Hollie}}</ref> Following his death, President [[Donald Trump]] issued a statement of condolences stating Yeager "was one of the greatest pilots in history, a proud West Virginian, and an American original who relentlessly pushed the boundaries of human achievement".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-regarding-passing-chuck-yeager/|title=Statement from the President Regarding the Passing of Chuck Yeager|newspaper=Trump White House Archives|date=December 8, 2020|access-date=January 21, 2024}}</ref>