Editing Reggie Jackson (section)

==Personal life==
During his freshman year at Arizona State, he met Jennie Campos, a Mexican-American.<ref name="Perry 18"/> Jackson asked Campos on a date, and discovered many similarities, including the ability to speak Spanish, and being raised in a single parent home (Campos's father was killed in the [[Korean War]]).<ref name="Perry 18"/> An assistant football coach tried to break up the couple because Jackson was black and Campos was considered white. The coach contacted Campos's uncle, a wealthy benefactor of the school, and he warned the couple that their being together was a bad idea.<ref name="Perry 19">{{Harvnb|Perry|2010|pp=19}}</ref> But the relationship held up and she later became his wife. They divorced in 1973. Kimberly, his only child, was born in the early '90s.<ref name="Stir">{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2012/07/05/reggie-jackson-where-are-they-now-phil-taylor|title=Reggie Jackson has found serenity, but he can still cause quite a stir|last=Taylor|first=Phil|date=July 5, 2012|access-date=December 3, 2017|publisher=SportsIllustrated.CNN.com}}</ref>

During the off-season, though still active in baseball, Jackson worked as a field reporter and color commentator for [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC Sports]]. Just over a month before signing with the Yankees in the fall of 1976, Jackson did analysis in the ABC booth with [[Keith Jackson]] and [[Howard Cosell]] the night his future team won the American League pennant on a homer by [[Chris Chambliss]]. During the 1980s ([[1983 World Series|1983]], [[1985 World Series|1985]], and [[1987 World Series|1987]] respectively), Jackson was given the task of presiding over the [[World Series Trophy]] presentations. In addition, Jackson did color commentary for the [[1984 National League Championship Series]] (alongside [[Don Drysdale]] and [[Earl Weaver]]). After his retirement as an active player, Jackson returned to his color commentary role covering the [[1988 American League Championship Series]] (alongside [[Gary Bender]] and [[Joe Morgan]]) for ABC.

Jackson appeared in the film ''[[The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!]]'', portraying an Angels outfielder hypnotically programmed to kill Queen [[Elizabeth II]]. He also appeared in ''[[Richie Rich (film)|Richie Rich]]'', ''[[BASEketball]]'', ''[[Summer of Sam]]'' and ''[[The Benchwarmers]]''. In 1979, Jackson was a guest-star in an episode of the television sitcom ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' and in an episode of ''[[The Love Boat]]'' as himself. He played himself in the ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'' episode "Reggie-3 Archie-0" in 1982; a [[List of MacGyver (1985 TV series) episodes#Season 6: 1990–1991|1990 ''MacGyver'' episode]], "Squeeze Play"; ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' episode "The Unnatural" from 1985; and the ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' episode "Polly in the Middle", from 2004. Jackson was also considered for the role of [[Geordi La Forge]] in the series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'',<ref name="Star Trek:TNG Casting Letter">{{cite web|url=http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/08/star-trekcasting.html|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Casting Letter|date=August 25, 2010|access-date=August 25, 2010}}</ref> a role that ultimately went to [[LeVar Burton]]. From 1981 to 1982, he hosted ''Reggie Jackson's World of Sports'' for [[Nickelodeon]], which continued in reruns until 1985.

He co-authored a book in 2010, ''Sixty-Feet Six-Inches'', with fellow Hall of Famer [[Bob Gibson]]. The book, whose title refers to the distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate, details their careers and approach to the game.

The 1988 [[Sega]] [[Master System]] baseball video game ''Reggie Jackson Baseball'', endorsed by Jackson, was sold exclusively in the United States. Outside of the U.S., it was released as ''American Baseball''.

Jackson was the de facto spokesperson for the [[Upper Deck Company]] during the early 1990s, appearing in numerous advertisements, appearances, and participating in the company's Heroes of Baseball exhibition games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-07-13-1993194147-story.html|title=Catching all the stars gazing Even game's best have their heroes|first=Don|last=Markus|website=baltimoresun.com|date=July 13, 1993 }}</ref> This affiliation also included the company's "Find the Reggie" promotion which inserted 2500 autograph cards into packs of 1990 Upper Deck Baseball High Series packs. This inclusion of an autograph card marked an important first in what would become a very popular trend in the trading card hobby.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/upper-decks-find-reggie-launched-chase-card-craze/|title=Upper Deck's 'Find the Reggie' Launched Chase Card Craze|newspaper=Sports Collectors Daily |date=March 4, 2014 |last1=Klein |first1=Rich }}</ref>

Jackson has endured three fires to personal property, including a June 20, 1976, fire at his home in Oakland that destroyed his 1973 MVP award, World Series trophies and All-Star rings.<ref>{{cite news |title=$150,000 fire ruins Jackson home |date=June 21, 1976 |work=The Baltimore Sun |page=22}}</ref> The same home was again burned down during the [[Oakland firestorm of 1991]], which destroyed more baseball memorabilia in addition to other valuable collections.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-10-23-1991296186-story.html |title=Fire again devastates Jackson, who loses home in Oakland inferno |last=Strege |first=John |website=baltimoresun.com |language=en-US |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> In 1988, a warehouse holding several of Jackson's collectible cars was damaged in a fire, with several of the cars, valued at $3.2 million (~$8 million in 2022 terms) ruined.<ref name="Stir" />

In Tampa in 2005, Jackson's car was struck from behind and flipped over several times. Jackson escaped with minor injuries, later saying: "...it was God tapping me on the shoulder... It makes you think about your purpose, about His plan for you."<ref name="Stir" />

Jackson called on former [[San Francisco 49ers]] [[head coach]] and [[ordained minister]] [[Mike Singletary]] for spiritual guidance. Jackson credits Singletary, stating, "he helped me drop that shell I put up."<ref name="Stir" />

===Vehicle- and parking-related attacks on Jackson===
Jackson was the victim of an attempted shooting in the early morning hours of June 1, 1980.<ref name=CNNfirst>{{cite AV media |people=[[Lois Hart]], [[Mary Alice Williams]] |date=June 1, 1980 |title=CNN: First Hour: June 1, 1980 |medium=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWhgKuKvvPE#t=12m38s | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/rWhgKuKvvPE| archive-date=2021-10-29|access-date=April 1, 2021 |time=12 minutes, 38 seconds |publisher=[[CNN]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=APACT1980 /> A few hours after hitting the game-winning 11th inning home run at a [[home game]] against the [[Toronto Blue Jays]], Jackson drove his vehicle to the [[singles bar]]s he frequented in a "posh" neighborhood of "swinging pubs and night spots amid expensive high-rise apartments" in Manhattan's [[Upper East Side]] to celebrate.<ref name=CNNfirst /><ref name=NYT80>{{cite news |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/baseball/yankees/nyy-rotb-jackson.html |last=Anderson |first=Dave |title=At Last, Jackson Is 'The Straw That Stirs the Drink' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 30, 1980 |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref><ref name=APACT1980>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/203366211/ |title=Jackson is Accosted, Escapes N.Y. Gunman |date=August 13, 1980 |work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=30 |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref> While searching for a parking spot, he asked the driver of a vehicle that was blocking the way to move, and a passenger in that vehicle then began yelling obscenities and racial slurs at Jackson, before throwing a broken bottle at Jackson's car.<ref name=CNNfirst />

After other passersby recognized Jackson and began joking with him about apprehending them, one of the men in the other car, 25-year-old Manhattan resident Angel Viera, allegedly returned with a [[.38 caliber]] [[revolver]] and fired three shots at Jackson, each missing.<ref name=CNNfirst /><ref name=NYT80 /><ref name=APACT1980 /> Viera was criminally charged with [[attempted murder]] and illegal possession of deadly weapon.<ref name=CNNfirst /> News of the incident was the third story ever broadcast on [[CNN]], which held its inaugural broadcast later that day.<ref name=CNNfirst /><ref name=Pallotta>{{cite news |url=https://www.wtva.com/content/national/570916572.html |last=Pallotta |first=Frank |title=CNN turns 40 today. Here's what it was like on Day One |website=[[WTVA]] / [[WLOV-TV]] |date=June 9, 2020 |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref>

In the early morning of August 12, 1980, as Jackson completed a night of celebrating his 400th career home run slugged several hours earlier against the White Sox, Jackson was accosted as he left his favored nightspot, Jim McMullen's Bar on the Upper East Side,<ref name=Mahler>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OM7fwH0JZs4C&pg=PA154 |title=Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning |last=Mahler |first=Jonathan |year=2005 |publisher=[[Picador (imprint)|Picador]] |isbn=978-0-312-42430-5 |pages=154–155 |quote=He often wore [[Gloria Vanderbilt]] Jeans, a Polo shirt and loafers, and he always sat at table no. 40, which was in a small alcove in the far right-hand corner of the dining room. There he was protected from the great unwashed, but he could keep an eye on the scene. 'Reggie liked to be seen, noticed, and not bothered—unless you were young and pretty', says McMullen. ... Rudy Guiliani (then a young prosecutor), Donald Trump, and Cheryl Tiegs all were fixtures at McMullen's, as was Steinbrenner, but Reggie was the only ballplayer who ate there. ... 'It really was more a hangout for tennis players. Baseball players tend not to be very sophisticated.'}}</ref><ref name=NYT1996>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/30/arts/25-and-under.html |title=$25 and Under |last=Asimov |first=Eric |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 30, 1996 |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref><ref name=SI1977>{{cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1977/10/31/reggie-reggie-reggie |title=REG-GIE! REG-GIE!! REG-GIE!!! |date=October 31, 1977 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |last=Fimrite |first=Ron |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Negron>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9CnYOY7syUC&pg=PA103 |title=Yankee Miracles: Life with the Boss and the Bronx Bombers |page=103 |last1=Negron |first1=Ray |last2=Cook |first2=Sally |year=2012 |publisher=[[Liveright Publishing Company]] |isbn=978-0-87140-461-9}}</ref> and entered his [[Rolls-Royce Motors|Rolls-Royce]] parked outside. A young man leveled a large-bore pistol, likely a [[.45 caliber]] [[automatic firearm|automatic]], at Jackson's face.<ref name=APHR1980>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/80350157/ |title=Jackson uses Rolls-Royce door to overpower gunman |date=August 13, 1980 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Herald & Review]] |page=15 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=APMichigan1980>{{cite news |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071755339/964 |title=A Reggie Robber |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 13, 1980 |newspaper=[[The Michigan Daily]]}}</ref> Jackson told police that the gun was the largest that he had ever seen, and Jackson believed that he was going to be shot.<ref name=APHR1980 /> When the man lowered the weapon to reach into Jackson's car to take the ignition key, Jackson shoved the door open into the man, sending him sprawling.<ref name=APHR1980 /> The man then ran off and dropped the car keys near the scene, eluding pursuers.<ref name=APHR1980 />

On March 22, 1985, Jackson was attacked after a California Angels [[spring training]] 8–1 exhibition victory over the [[Cleveland Indians]] at [[Hi Corbett Field]] in [[Tucson, Arizona]].<ref name=Newhan1>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-23-sp-21198-story.html |last=Newhan |first=Ross |title=Jackson, Downing Have Altercation with Heckler |date=March 23, 1985 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref> Witnesses said that a man who had heckled Jackson throughout the game followed Jackson out to the field's parking lot to continue to do so.<ref name=Newhan1 /> As Jackson finished signing autographs for fans, he attempted to enter a vehicle belonging to teammate [[Brian Downing]], but the man blocked his entry and insisted on fighting Jackson.<ref name=Newhan1 /> According to Jackson, the man began pounding on the door and windshield of the car, yelling at Jackson in Spanish for an autograph and then to offer [[cocaine]].<ref name=Newhan1 /> Jackson and other fans nearby restrained the man until he calmed down, at which point the man again asked for an autograph.<ref name=Newhan1 />

On the morning of March 30, 1985, as Jackson left his bungalow at the Angels' spring training residence of the [[Gene Autry]] Hotel in [[Palm Springs]] (now the [[Parker Palm Springs]]<ref name=DesertSun>{{cite news |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/money/business/tourism/2014/10/02/parker-palm-springs-timeline/16585763/ |title=The Parker Palm Springs property through the years |date=October 2, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Desert Sun]] |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref>) before a Giants game, he noticed two men driving an automobile on the hotel lawns and pedestrian paths while drinking alcohol.<ref name=Newhan2 >{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-31-sp-18708-story.html |last=Newhan |first=Ross |date=March 31, 1985 |title=Jackson Has Another Altercation; Man Arrested on Assault Charge |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref><ref name=UPI1985 /><ref name=Newhan3>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-31-sp-19020-story.html |last=Newhan |first=Ross |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 31, 1985 |title=Spring Training / Angels: Lugo, Kipper Unimpressive in 11-5 Loss to San Francisco |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref> After the men recognized Jackson and asked for directions to the Palm Spring strip business district, he warned them to leave before they got into trouble and before he was forced to call the police.<ref name=Newhan2 /> They then began heckling his baseball abilities and used an obscenity and racial slur against him.<ref name=Newhan2 /><ref name=UPI1985 /> After the men left, Jackson called police, but before police arrived, the men came back to the hotel, asked the front desk to call Jackson to the front lobby, and when he arrived, threatened to assault Jackson.<ref name=Newhan2 /> When Jackson grabbed one of the men, the other raised a [[tire iron]] over his head.<ref name=Newhan2 /> As Jackson moved towards the second man, he ran away but was blocked by a parked car, allowing Jackson to capture him and seize the tire iron and pass it to a nearby Angels executive who had witnessed the event.<ref name=Newhan2 /> One of the men was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and the other cited for disturbing the peace.<ref name=UPI1985>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/03/31/Two-men-spouting-racial-slurs-attacked-outfielder-Reggie-Jackson/4227481093200/ |title=Two men spouting racial slurs attacked outfielder Reggie Jackson |date=March 31, 1985 |work=[[United Press International]] |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref>

In an inverse situation, on July 19, 1977, Jackson was signing autographs for fans after the conclusion of the [[1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]], held at Yankee Stadium that year, in the stadium parking lot.<ref name=UPI1977>{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/The_Times_News_Idaho_Newspaper_1977_07_22/page/n15/mode/2up |title=Yankee owner comes to Jackson defense |agency=[[United Press International]] |newspaper=[[Times-News (Idaho)]] |date=July 22, 1977 |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref> According to a statement from Yankees owner [[George Steinbrenner]], several teens entered the parking lot and began shouting obscenities at Jackson.<ref name=UPI1977 /> Jackson ignored the teens until one made a "particularly vile remark" about Jackson's mother.<ref name=UPI1977 /> Jackson then chased off the teens, one of whom fell while running.<ref name=UPI1977 /> The teen claimed that Jackson's foot made contact with the teen's wrist, which Jackson denied.<ref name=UPI1977 /> Against the advice of criminal court judge Bernard Klieger, the teen's lawyer insisted that a criminal complaint for harassment be authorized against Jackson, which Klieger did "reluctantly".<ref name=NYT1977>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/03/archives/jackson-faces-charges.html |title=Jackson Faces Charges |date=August 3, 1977 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref>