Editing Willie Nelson (section)

==Personal life==
Nelson has been married four times and has eight children.{{sfn|Hollabaugh|2010}} His first marriage was to Martha Matthews from 1952 to 1962. The couple had three children: Lana, Susie, and Willie "Billy" Hugh Jr. The latter died by suicide in 1991.{{sfn|Hall|2008}} The marriage was marked by violence, with Matthews assaulting Nelson several times,{{sfn|Cartwright|p=[{{google books|plainurl=y|id=FBRbZWBZolUC|page=276}} 276]|2000}} including one incident when she sewed him up in bedsheets and beat him with a broomstick.{{sfn|Goldman|2012}} Nelson's next marriage was to [[Shirley Collie]] in 1963. The couple divorced in 1971, after Collie found a bill from the maternity ward of a Houston hospital charged to Nelson and Connie Koepke for the birth of [[Paula Nelson|Paula Carlene Nelson]].{{sfn|Cartwright|2000|p=[{{google books|plainurl=y|id=FBRbZWBZolUC|page=276}} 276]}} Nelson married Koepke the same year, and they had another daughter, Amy Lee Nelson. Following a divorce in 1988, he married his current wife, Annie D'Angelo, in 1991. They have two sons, [[Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real|Lukas Autry]] and Jacob Micah.{{sfn|Riggs|2007|p=239}} In 2012, Nelson learned that he fathered a daughter with his friend Mary Haney. Born on January 22, 1953, Rene Butts (born Lynda Renee Barley) met Nelson and she shared a picture of both of them on Father's Day in 2016. Butts died in 2017.{{sfn|Krauser, Emily|2023}}

Nelson owns "Luck, Texas", a ranch in [[Spicewood, Texas|Spicewood]],{{sfn|Rolling Stone staff|2017}}{{sfn|Parker|2014}} and also lives in Maui, Hawaii{{sfn|Kane|2008}} with several celebrity neighbors.{{sfn|Grigoriadis|p=57|2007}} While swimming in Hawaii in 1981, Nelson's [[Pneumothorax|lung collapsed]]. He was taken to the Maui Memorial Hospital and his scheduled concerts were canceled.{{sfn|Krebs|1981}} Nelson temporarily stopped smoking cigarettes each time his lungs became congested, and resumed when the congestion ended.{{sfn|O'Hare|2010}} He was then smoking between two and three packs per day. After suffering from pneumonia several times, he decided to quit either marijuana or tobacco. He chose to quit tobacco.{{sfn|NPR staff|2012}} In 2008, he started to smoke marijuana with a carbon-free system to avoid the effects of smoke.{{sfn|Patoski|2011}} In 2004, Nelson underwent surgery for [[carpal tunnel syndrome]], as he had damaged his wrists by continuously playing the guitar.{{sfn|Associated Press staff|2002}} On the recommendation of his doctor, he canceled his scheduled concerts and only wrote songs during his recovery.{{sfn|Miller Loncaric|2008}} In 2012, he canceled a fund-raising appearance in the Denver area. He suffered from breathing problems due to high altitude and emphysema and was taken to a local hospital. His publicist Elaine Schock confirmed soon after that Nelson's health was good and that he was heading to his next scheduled concert in Dallas, Texas.{{sfn|McKinnley|2012}} After repeated instances of pneumonia and emphysema through the years, Nelson underwent [[stem-cell therapy]] in 2015 to improve the state of his lungs.{{sfn|Heim|2015}}

During his childhood, Nelson grew interested in martial arts. He ordered self-defense manuals on [[jujitsu]] and judo that he saw advertised in ''[[Batman]]'' and ''[[Superman]]'' comic books. Nelson started to formally practice [[kung fu]] after he moved to Nashville, in the 1960s.{{sfn|Nelson|Shrake|Shrake|2000|p=55}} During the 1980s, Nelson began training in [[tae kwon do|taekwondo]] and now holds a second-degree black belt in that discipline.{{sfn|Chilton|2012}} During the 1990s, Nelson started to practice the Korean martial art [[GongKwon Yusul]].{{sfn|Hall|2014}} In 2014, after 20 years in the discipline, his Grand Master Sam Um presented him with a fifth-degree black belt in a ceremony held in Austin, Texas.{{sfn|Chilton|2014}} A 2014 ''[[Tae Kwon Do Times]]'' magazine interview revealed that Nelson had developed an unorthodox manner of training during the lengthy periods of time he was on tour. Nelson would conduct his martial arts training on his tour bus "The Honeysuckle Rose" and send videos to his supervising Master for review and critique.{{sfn|Zirogiannis|2014}}

In March 2021, Nelson recorded a version of the popular standard "[[I'll Be Seeing You (song)|I'll Be Seeing You]]" that was used on a [[public service announcement]] by the [[Ad Council]] to encourage [[COVID-19 vaccination in the United States]].{{sfn|Weisholtz, Drew|2021}} Earlier in January 2021, Nelson and his sister received the [[Moderna COVID-19 vaccine]].{{sfn|Doyle, Patrick|2021}} In May 2022, Nelson postponed several shows after he contracted [[COVID-19]]. Nelson's wife detailed that he was severely affected by the illness, and that he received a treatment including [[Paxlovid]], [[Monoclonal antibody|monoclonal antibodies]], and steroids. Nelson resumed his tour in September 2022.{{sfn|Goldstein, Tiffany|2022}} During June 2024, Nelson had to cancel his performances at Outlaw Music Festival due to health complications and was ordered to rest for four days by a doctor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morrow |first=Brendan |title=Willie Nelson cancels Outlaw Music Festival performances for health reasons |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/06/23/willie-nelson-illness-outlaw-music-festival/74185542007/ |access-date=June 23, 2024 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref>

===Legal issues===
Nelson has been arrested several times for marijuana possession. The first occasion was in 1974 in [[Dallas]], Texas.{{sfn|Goddard|2010}} In 1977, after a tour with Hank Cochran, Nelson traveled to [[The Bahamas]]. Nelson and Cochran arrived late to the airport and boarded the flight without luggage.{{sfn|Nelson|Ritz|2015|p=247}} The bags were later sent to them. As Nelson and Cochran claimed their luggage in the Bahamas, a customs officer questioned Nelson after marijuana was found in a pair of his jeans. Nelson was arrested and jailed. As Cochran made arrangements to pay the bail, he took Nelson a six-pack of beer to his cell.{{sfn|Nelson|Ritz|2015|p=248}} Nelson was released a few hours later. Inebriated, he fell after he jumped celebrating and was taken to the emergency room. He then appeared before the judge, who dropped the charges but ordered Nelson to never return to the country.{{sfn|Nelson|Ritz|2015|p=249}}

In 1994, [[Texas Highway Patrol|Texas Highway patrolmen]] found marijuana in his car near Waco, Texas. His requirement to appear in court prevented his attending the Grammy awards that year.{{sfn|Patoski|2011}} While traveling to [[Ann W. Richards]]' funeral in 2006, Nelson, along with his manager and his sister, Bobbie, were arrested in [[St. Martin Parish, Louisiana]], and charged with possession of marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms.{{sfn|People staff|2006}} Nelson received six months probation.{{sfn|Patoski|p=471|2008}}

On November 26, 2010, Nelson was arrested in [[Sierra Blanca, Texas]], for possession of six ounces of marijuana found in his tour bus while traveling from Los Angeles back to Texas. He was released after paying bail of $2,500.{{sfn|Cline|2010}} Prosecutor Kit Bramblett supported not sentencing Nelson to jail due to the small amount of marijuana involved, but suggested instead a $100 fine and told Nelson that he would have him sing "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" for the court. Judge Becky Dean-Walker said that Nelson would have to pay the fine but not to perform the song, explaining that the prosecutor was joking.{{sfn|Caulfield|2011}} Nelson's lawyer Joe Turner reached an agreement with the prosecutor. Nelson was set to pay a $500 fine to avoid a two-year jail sentence with a 30-day review period, which in case of another incident would end the agreement.{{sfn|Amter|2011}} The judge later rejected the agreement, claiming that Nelson was receiving preferential treatment for his celebrity status; the offense normally carried a one-year jail sentence.{{sfn|TMZ staff|2011}} Bramblett declared that the case would remain open until it was either dismissed or the judge changed her opinion.{{sfn|Cohen|2012}}

===Issues with the Internal Revenue Service===
In 1990, the IRS seized most of Nelson's assets, claiming that he owed $32&nbsp;million. In addition to the unpaid taxes, Nelson's situation was worsened by the weak investments he had made during the early 1980s.{{sfn|Draper|1991|p=177}} In 1978, after he fired his manager Neil Reshen, Nelson was introduced by Dallas lawyer Terry Bray to the accounting firm [[PricewaterhouseCoopers|Price Waterhouse]]. To repay the debt Reshen had created with the IRS, Nelson was recommended to invest in tax shelters that ultimately flopped.{{sfn|Patoski|p=407|2008}} While the IRS disallowed his deductions for 1980, 1981 and 1982 (at a time that Nelson's income multiplied),{{sfn|Patoski|p=407|2008}} due to penalties and interests, the debt increased by the end of the decade.{{sfn|Patoski|p=406|2008}}

His lawyer, [[Jay Goldberg]], negotiated the sum to be lowered to $16&nbsp;million. Later, Nelson's attorney renegotiated a settlement with the IRS in which he paid $6&nbsp;million, although Nelson did not comply with the agreement.{{sfn|Draper|1991|p=177}} Nelson released ''[[The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?]]'' as a double album, with all profits destined for the IRS. Many of his assets were auctioned and purchased by friends, who donated or rented his possessions to him for a nominal fee. He sued Price Waterhouse, contending that they put his money in illegal tax shelters.{{sfn|Cowan|1991}} The lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount and Nelson cleared his debts by 1993.{{sfn|Johnston|1995}}