Editing Doris Day (section)

===Marriages===
Day was married four times.<ref>{{cite news|title=Doris Day: Why she left Hollywood|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doris-day-why-she-left-hollywood/|access-date=June 26, 2018|work=CBS News|date=July 14, 2008}}</ref> From April 1941 to February 1943, she was married to trombonist Al Jorden (1917–1967), whom she met in Barney Rapp's band.<ref name="CNNFastFacts">{{cite news|title=Doris Day Fast Facts|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/24/us/doris-day-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=June 26, 2018|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=March 20, 2018}}</ref> Jorden was violent, had schizophrenia, and died by suicide years after their divorce. When Day became pregnant and refused to have an abortion, he beat her in an attempt to force a miscarriage. Their son was born Terrence Paul Jorden in 1942, and he adopted the surname of Melcher when he was adopted by Day's third husband.

Her second marriage was to [[George William Weidler]] (1926–1989), a saxophonist and brother of actress [[Virginia Weidler]], from March 30, 1946, to May 31, 1949.<ref name="CNNFastFacts"/> Weidler and Day met again several years later during a brief reconciliation and he introduced her to [[Christian Science]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXw9voJackQC&pg=PT130|title=Considering Doris Day: A Biography|last=Santopietro|first=Tom|date=August 5, 2008|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781429937511|pages=130|language=en}}</ref>

Day married American film producer [[Martin Melcher]] (1915–1968), who produced many of her films, on April 3, 1951, her 29th birthday, and the marriage lasted until he died in April 1968.<ref name="CNNFastFacts"/> Melcher adopted Day's son Terry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Producer Terry Melcher Dies at 62|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/65546/producer-terry-melcher-dies-at-62|access-date=August 8, 2013|newspaper=Billboard}}</ref> As Day and Melcher were both Christian Scientists, she refused to visit a doctor for some time after experiencing symptoms that might have suggested cancer.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfbcA3zFlNgC&pg=PA31|title=Doris Day: Sentimental Journey|last=McGee|first=Garry|date=June 8, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476603216|pages=31|language=en}}</ref> Following Melcher's death, Day separated from the [[Church of Christ, Scientist]] and grew close to charismatic Protestants such as [[Kathryn Kuhlman]], although she never lost interest in Christian Science teaching and practice.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Day |first1=Doris |last2=Hotchner |first2=A. E. |title=Doris Day : her own story |date=1976 |publisher=New York : Bantam Books |pages=304–306 |isbn=9780553028881 |url=https://archive.org/details/dorisdayherownst00hotc/page/304/mode/2up}}</ref>

Day's fourth marriage was to Barry Comden (1935–2009) from April 14, 1976, until April 2, 1982.<ref name=ComdenDeath>{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Valerie J.|title=Barry Comden dies at 74; restaurateur was 4th husband of Doris Day|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-barry-comden2-2009jun02-story.html|access-date=August 8, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 2, 2009}}</ref> He was the ''[[maître d'hôtel]]'' at one of Day's favorite restaurants. He knew of her great love of dogs and endeared himself to her by giving her a bag of meat scraps and bones as she left the restaurant. He later complained that Day cared more for her "animal friends" than for him.<ref name="ComdenDeath"/>