Editing Jack Kirby (section)

==Personal life and death==
In the early 1940s, Kirby and his family moved to [[Brooklyn]].  Kirby met Rosalind "Roz" Goldstein, who lived in the same Brooklyn apartment building. The pair began dating soon afterward.{{sfn|Ro|2004|page=14}} Kirby proposed to Goldstein on her 18th birthday, and the two became engaged.{{sfn|Ro|2004|page=16}} They married on May 23, 1942.{{sfn|Evanier|2008|page=57}} The couple had four children: Susan (b. December 6, 1945),<ref name="TJKC10">{{cite journal|last= Morrow|first= John|title= Roz Kirby Interview Excerpts|journal= The Jack Kirby Collector|issue= 10|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing|date= April 1996|location= Raleigh, North Carolina|url = http://twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/10roz.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131103065856/http://twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/10roz.html|archive-date= November 3, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Neal (b. May 1948),{{sfn|Ro|2004|page=46}} Barbara (b. November 1952),<ref>{{cite book|first=Greg |last=Theakston |title=The Jack Kirby Treasury Volume Two <!-- as spelled on copyright page-->| publisher=[[Eclipse Comics|Eclipse Books]]|location= Forestville, California|year=1991|page=39|isbn = 978-1-56060-134-0}}</ref> and Lisa (b. September 1960).<ref name="TJKC10" /><ref name=galacticlisa />

After being [[conscription|drafted]] into the [[U.S. Army]] and serving in the [[European Theater of Operations, United States Army|European Theater]] in [[World War II]],<ref>Ro 2004, chapter 3</ref> Kirby corresponded with his wife regularly by [[v-mail]], with Roz sending daily letters while she worked in a lingerie shop and lived with her mother{{sfn|Ro|2004|page=40}} at 2820 Brighton 7th <!--Brighton 7th is correct--> Street in Brooklyn.<ref>[[World War II]] [[V-mail]] letter from Kirby to Rosalind, in George 2002, p. 117</ref> During the winter of 1944, Kirby suffered severe [[frostbite]] and was taken to a hospital in London for recovery. Doctors considered amputating Kirby's legs, which had turned black, but he eventually recovered and was able to walk again.{{sfn|Ro|2004|pages=40–41}} He returned to the United States in January 1945, assigned to [[Camp Butner]] in North Carolina, where he spent the last six months of his service as part of the motor pool. Kirby was [[Honorable discharge|honorably discharged]] as a [[private first class]] on July 20, 1945, having received a [[Combat Infantryman Badge]], a [[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal|European/African/Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]] with a bronze [[Service Star|Battle Star]].{{sfn|Evanier|2008|page=69}}{{sfn|Ro|2004|page=42}}

In 1949, Kirby bought a house for his family in East Williston, New York, on [[Long Island]].{{sfn|Ro|2004|page=46}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoppe |first=Rand |date=2022-08-23 |title=More #JackKirby105 ! |url=https://kirbymuseum.org/blog/2022/08/23/more-jackkirby105/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PrintMag |date=2015-01-21 |title=The Art of the Simon and Kirby Studio |url=https://www.printmag.com/article/the-art-of-the-simon-and-kirby-studio/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=PRINT Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> It was the family's home for the next 20 years; Kirby worked out of a basement studio just {{convert|10|ft|m}} wide, which the family referred to jocularly as "The Dungeon".<ref name=HeroComplex>{{cite news | url = http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/04/09/growing-up-kirby-the-marvel-memories-of-jack-kirbys-son/#/0 | last = Kirby | first = Neal | title = Growing Up Kirby: The Marvel memories of Jack Kirby's son | date= April 9, 2012 | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date = December 28, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131027080956/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/comics/growing-up-kirby-the-marvel-memories-of-jack-kirbys-son/#/0 | archive-date= October 27, 2013 | url-status=live}}</ref> He moved the family to Southern California in early 1969, both to live in a drier climate for the sake of daughter Lisa's health and to be closer to the Hollywood studios Jack Kirby believed might provide work.<ref>Evanier, 2008, pp. 157, 160 (unnumbered): "... drove Jack to distraction, and from there to Southern California. In early 1969, the Kirbys moved west. The main reason was daughter Lisa's [[asthma]] and her need to live in a drier climate [than in New York State]. But Jack had another reason. ... Kirby had hopes that being close to Hollywood might bring him an entry to the movie business. ... Film seemed like the next logical outlet for his creativity. ...</ref>

In an interview, Kirby's granddaughter Jillian Kirby said Jack Kirby was a "liberal Democrat".<ref>{{cite web| url= https://news.marvel.com/comics/25014/jack_kirby_week_kirby4heroes/| title= Jack Kirby Week: Kirby4Heroes| date= August 25, 2015 | first= Jim| last= Beard| publisher= [[Marvel Comics]]| access-date= July 23, 2017| archive-date= July 23, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170723204108/https://news.marvel.com/comics/25014/jack_kirby_week_kirby4heroes |url-status= dead}}</ref> Jack Kirby held [[anti-communism|anti-communist]] views, once saying that "I was against the reds. I became a witch hunter. My enemies were the commies—I called them commies. In fact, [[Granny Goodness]] was a commie, [[Fighting American|Doubleheader]] was a commie."<ref>{{cite news|last=Groth|first=Gary|title=Jack Kirby Interview|url=https://www.tcj.com/jack-kirby-interview/5/|work=The Comics Journal|date=February 1990}}</ref>

On February 6, 1994, aged 76, Kirby died of heart failure in his [[Thousand Oaks, California]] home.<ref>{{cite news|title= Jack Kirby, 76; Created Comic-Book Superheroes|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/08/obituaries/jack-kirby-76-created-comic-book-superheroes.html|newspaper= [[The New York Times]]|date=February 8, 1994|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140701120738/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/08/obituaries/jack-kirby-76-created-comic-book-superheroes.html|archive-date= July 1, 2014|url-status=live|access-date= March 4, 2010}}</ref> He was buried at [[Valley Oaks Memorial Park]] in [[Westlake Village, California]].