Editing Fabian Forte (section)

==Personal life==
He was drafted, but rejected, for military service during the Vietnam War. According to USMC Lt. Col. Arthur Eppley, Forte was declared [[4F (military conscription)|4F]] (unfit for service).

In 1982, he was arrested for reportedly sticking his cigarette into a passenger {{clarify|date=March 2017}} who asked him to put out the cigarette in a non-smoking section of an aircraft. The passenger turned out to be a district attorney, but ultimately no charges were brought.<ref name="edward"/>

===Race car accident===
In 1978, Fabian was participating in a charity racing event in [[Watkins Glen, New York]]. He was practicing at [[Willow Springs International Motorsports Park]] under the instruction of professional driver [[Bill Simpson (racing driver)|Bill Simpson]] when he rolled his car and suffered minor cuts and bruises.<ref>{{cite news|title=LATE NEWS: Stocks Slump|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 14, 1978|page=A-1}}</ref>

In 1982, a jury found him 40% liable for the accident (Fabian testified that Simpson repeatedly urged him to drive faster while Simpson testified that Fabian suddenly accelerated wildly in spite of his orders to slow down).<ref>{{cite news|author=Doug Smith|title=Jury Splits Blame in Fabian Crash|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 11, 1982|page=sb1}}</ref> He received $32,000 in an out-of-court settlement ({{Inflation|US|32000|1982|fmt=eq|r=-3}}).<ref>{{cite news|author=Doug Smith|title=Fabian Settles Out of Court for $32,000|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 22, 1982|page=ws4}}</ref>

===Marriages===
Forte has been married three times. His first marriage was to model Kathleen Regan in September 1966.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,836465,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220082004/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,836465,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2008|title=Milestones: Sep. 30, 1966|date=September 30, 1966|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref> They had two children together, Christian and Julie, before separating in June 1975.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_xVaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NksNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3481,6370669&dq=fabian+forte+kathleen&hl=en|title=Fabian Forte, Wife Separate|date=June 27, 1975|work=Waycross Journal-Herald|page=10|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref> In October 1975, when Forte and Regan were estranged, he was arrested after an argument with her and her mother. He was accused of hitting them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OD4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5WUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2137,1244185&dq=fabian+arrested&hl=en|title=Fabian Arrested After Row|date=October 8, 1975|work=The Lewiston Daily Sun|page=14|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref> He was put on probation for two years.<ref name="edward"/> The couple divorced in 1979. "My fault", said Fabian.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lynn Van Matre|title=Fabian: A 'real perplexing 10 or 15 years': POP|work=Chicago Tribune|date=June 26, 1983|page=L 24}}</ref>

He married Kate Netter in 1980; they divorced in 1990.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

In 1998, he married Andrea Patrick, a former [[The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania|Bituminous Coal Queen]] and [[Miss Pennsylvania USA]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Connellsville Beauty Queen weds Fabian|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=1998-09-22|first=Jean|last=Bryant|page=G 1}}</ref> He and Andrea were later sued for unpaid bills, by the resort where they were married .<ref name="cindi">{{cite news| url=http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20001203fabian4.asp| title=How Fabian found peace (but not exactly quiet) in Fayette County| first=Cindi| last=Lash| newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| date=September 19, 1998| access-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref>

Fabian relocated from Los Angeles to southwestern Pennsylvania, to be closer to his wife's family; he and his wife were sued by the builder of their house, also for unpaid bills.<ref name="cindi"/> They live on {{convert|20|acre|ha}} in [[Dunbar, Pennsylvania|Dunbar]] in a home that his wife designed. In 2013, he said he played "25 shows a year. It gets me out of the house ... I've never been happier. [At home] I ride my ATV and tractor and cut the grass. Where I grew up, there wasn't any grass."<ref>[http://blogs.sacbee.com/dining/archives/2013/03/lunch-at-waterb.html Appetizers: Lunch at Waterboy, a chat with former teen idol Fabian Forte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201152935/http://blogs.sacbee.com/dining/archives/2013/03/lunch-at-waterb.html |date=2014-02-01 }}. Blogs.sacbee.com; retrieved 2015-05-29.</ref>

He and Andrea Patrick also work for ''Gladys Magazine''.<ref>[http://www.gladysmagazine.com/homepage/our-staff Our Staff]. Gladysmagazine.com. Retrieved on 2015-05-29.</ref>

===Philanthropy===
Fabian and Andrea Forte are actively involved in the [[American Diabetes Association]], the [[American Heart Association]] and Forte has helped raise money for veterans with his Celebrity Golf Tournament in North Carolina.