Editing Eddie Vedder (section)

==Personal life==
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Vedder attended San Dieguito High School, now called [[San Dieguito Academy]], and donated proceeds from a 2006 Pearl Jam concert in San Diego toward the construction of a theater for the school in the name of his former drama teacher, Clayton E. Liggett. Liggett was Vedder's mentor in high school. Vedder wrote the song "Long Road" (from ''[[Merkin Ball]]'') upon hearing of Liggett's death in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Varga |first=George |date=July 10, 2006 |title=By finish, Pearl Jam, Vedder had a connection |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060710/news_1c10pearl.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224162030/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060710/news_1c10pearl.html |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |website=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]}}</ref>

While living in the basement of Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis' house in Seattle in the early 1990s, Vedder was roommates with [[Alice in Chains]] guitarist and vocalist [[Jerry Cantrell]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2018 |title=Jerry Cantrell on being roommates with Eddie Vedder in Seattle |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmA48eau1lo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/bmA48eau1lo |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=March 21, 2019 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Vedder was also friends with Alice in Chains' lead singer [[Layne Staley]], and wrote the song "4/20/02" (from ''[[Lost Dogs (album)|Lost Dogs]]'') on the night that he found out about Staley's death, on April 20, 2002 (though Staley had actually died over two weeks earlier on April 5, his body was found on April 19).<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68529/vedders-staley-tribute-no-longer-lost |title=Vedder's Staley Tribute No Longer 'Lost' |date=October 22, 2003 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref> Vedder also paid tribute to Staley during a Pearl Jam show in Chicago on August 22, 2016, which would have been Staley's 49th birthday; "It's the birthday of a guy called Layne Staley tonight, and we're thinking of him tonight too. 49 years old", Vedder told the crowd before dedicating the song "[[Man of the Hour]]" to his late friend.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/watch-eddie-vedders-heartbreaking-tribute-layne-staley-pearl-jams-us-show/ |title=Watch Eddie Vedder's Heartbreaking Tribute To Layne Staley During Pearl Jam's US Show |date=August 26, 2016 |work=Music Feeds |access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref>

In 1994, Vedder married [[Hovercraft (band)|Hovercraft]] bass player [[Beth Liebling]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-10-24-9410240028-story.html |title=Simpson's Lawyers Just Can't Avoid The Video Screen |website=Chicago Tribune |date=October 24, 1994}}</ref> whom he had dated since he was a teenager, circa 1984.<ref name="rsarticle">{{cite magazine |first=Brian |last=Hiatt |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pearl-jam-the-second-coming-20060629 |title=Pearl Jam: The Second Coming |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=June 29, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=May 1, 1994 |title=COVER STORY: He Didn't Ask for All This: Eddie Vedder always wanted his band Pearl Jam to make music that mattered. He can sometimes feel, as Kurt Cobain did, the pressure of mattering too much to his fans, but he's finding a way to deal with it. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-01-ca-52475-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Vedder was Hovercraft's drummer during their opening slot for [[Mike Watt]]'s U.S. tour in 1995.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |date=May 12, 1995 |title=Eddie Vedder in Disguise (with Glasses) |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/05/12/eddie-vedder-disguise-glasses/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> The couple divorced in September 2000.<ref name="rsarticle"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/eddie-vedder-remarries-20100921-15k8l.html |title=Eddie Vedder remarries |date=September 21, 2010 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zimbio.com/Beth+Liebling/articles/oPHYdT4cUeD/Beth+Liebling+Eddie+Vedder+First+Wife+Pictures |title=Beth Liebling, Eddie Vedder's First Wife, Pictures and Bio |date=December 7, 2009 |access-date=December 7, 2009}}</ref> In an interview published in the June 29, 2006, edition of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, Vedder said that his divorce from Liebling had devastated him.<ref name="rsarticle"/> The divorce happened around the same time as an incident where nine fans were crushed to death during the band's set at the [[Roskilde Festival]] in Denmark on June 30, 2000.<ref name="rsarticle"/> In an interview with Chris Cornell's daughter Lily in 2020, Vedder explained that their show started on a high because they had just been told about her birth, until about 40 minutes into their performance when the tragedy happened. Vedder revealed that [[Pete Townshend]] helped him through the early stages of dealing with the tragedy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/pete-townshend-eddie-vedder-roskilde/ |title=How Pete Townshend Helped Eddie Vedder Deal With Roskilde Horror |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=August 25, 2020}}</ref>

On September 18, 2010, Vedder married his longtime girlfriend, model [[Jill Vedder|Jill McCormick]], whom he had been dating since 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/photo-eddie-vedder-dips-and-kisses-his-bride/ |title=PHOTO: Eddie Vedder Dips and Kisses His Bride |work=people.com |date=September 22, 2010 |access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.babble.com/celebrity/who-is-jill-mccormick-5-things-about-eddie-vedders-new-wife/ |title=Who Is Jill McCormick? 5 Things About Eddie Vedder's New Wife |last=Brady |first=Emma |work=babble.com |date=September 20, 2010 |access-date=February 15, 2014}}</ref> They have two daughters, Olivia, born in 2004, and Harper, born in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-gets-married-2010209 |title=Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Gets Married! |date=September 20, 2010 |access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> In 2011, McCormick appeared in the music video for Vedder's solo single, "Longing to Belong".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqZ0-PhHsaE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/lqZ0-PhHsaE |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |title=Longing to Belong (Music Video) - Ukulele Songs - Eddie Vedder |date=April 21, 2011 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2014, Vedder and McCormick co-founded the EB Research Partnership,<ref name="EB">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ebresearch.org/board-of-directors.html |title=Board of Directors - EB Research Partnership |website=ebresearch.org}}</ref> a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for the genetic skin disorder [[epidermolysis bullosa]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/eddie-vedder-supports-research-for-curing-rare-skin-disease-eb-49787/ |title=Eddie Vedder Supports Research for Curing Rare Skin Disease EB |last=Reed |first=Ryan |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 10, 2014 }}</ref> They have raised over US$25 million to fund research to find a cure.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.we.org/en-CA/we-stories/we-day/eddie-vedder-eb-research-partnership-we-day-california |title=Eddie Vedder surprises boy with life-changing genetic disorder at WE Day California |last=Demarco |first=Zoe |date=August 9, 2019 |website=We.org}}</ref>

Vedder was a close friend of Chris Cornell, the [[Soundgarden]] and [[Audioslave]] frontman. Aside from Vedder's Pearl Jam bandmates, Cornell was one of the first people Vedder met after moving to Seattle in 1990. The two were neighbors for a while and shared vocal duties in [[Temple of the Dog]]. In the 2009 book ''Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music'', Soundgarden manager [[Susan Silver]] recalled that Cornell carried Vedder onstage on his shoulders at Pearl Jam's second show in Seattle (the band was known as Mookie Blaylock at the time): "Everyone was still reeling from [Andrew Wood]'s death... The band came on and Chris carried Eddie onto the stage – he was on his shoulders. It was one of those super powerful moments, where it was all a big healing for everybody. He came out as this guy who had all the credibility in the world – in terms of people in Seattle – and [[Malfunkshun]] and [[Mother Love Bone]] were loved bands. Andy was such an endearing personality. It was a hard thing to do – to show up after people die. And Chris bringing Eddie out, and pointing at him, as much<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/how-chris-cornell-shaped-seattle-music/ |title=How Chris Cornell Shaped Seattle Music |author=Clint Brownlee |website=Seattle Weekly |date=22 May 2017 |access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTg4whS9ClUC |title=Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, 2009 |access-date=2017-06-06 |isbn=9781554903474 |last1=Prato |first1=Greg |date=2010-12-15 |publisher=ECW Press }}</ref> Pearl Jam lead guitarist [[Mike McCready]] recalled that Cornell had helped welcome the "'super, super shy'" Vedder to Seattle: "He was like, 'Hey, welcome to Seattle. I love Jeff [Ament] and Stone [Gossard]. I give you my blessing". From then on [Vedder] was more relaxed. It was one of the coolest things I saw Chris do'".<ref>{{cite magazine 
|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/temple-of-the-dog-an-oral-history-w442502 |title=Temple of the Dog: An Oral History |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 30, 2016 |access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref> In a 2009 interview with ''Uncut'' magazine, Vedder stated that Cornell is "the best singer that we've got on the planet".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearljamonline.it/interviste/uncut09.htm |title=Q&A with Ed Vedder |work=Pearl Jam Online |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711071933/http://www.pearljamonline.it/interviste/uncut09.htm |archive-date=July 11, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> About the impact that Cornell had in his life, Vedder told a crowd in Alpine Valley before performing "Hunger Strike" with him in September 2011; "I had no idea how he would affect my life and my views on music and my views on friendship and what a big impact he would have. These guys [the other members of Pearl Jam] know him much longer than me and his impact is profound".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/the-day-chris-cornell-and-eddie-vedder-watched-the-kingdome-implosion/527032626 |title=The day Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder watched the Kingdome implosion |work=Kiro7 |date=May 26, 2017 |access-date=May 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531004136/http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/the-day-chris-cornell-and-eddie-vedder-watched-the-kingdome-implosion/527032626 |archive-date=May 31, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web 
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbG9CNCettk | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927014054/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbG9CNCettk&gl=US&hl=en&amp;has_verified=1| archive-date=September 27, 2011|title=PEARL JAM Chris Cornell *Hunger Strike* PJ20 night 2 @ Alpine Valley Temple of the Dog 9/4/2011 HD |work=YouTube | date=September 5, 2011 |access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref> The friendship between Vedder and Cornell is featured in the 2011 documentary ''[[Pearl Jam Twenty]]''.<ref>{{cite web 
|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/pearl-jam-twenty-about-the-documentary-film/1860/ |title=Pearl Jam Twenty - About the Documentary Film |work=PBS |date=July 19, 2011 | access-date=June 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web 
|url=https://vimeo.com/220127751 |title=Temple of the Dog and the friendship between Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder |work=Vimeo | access-date=June 6, 2017}}</ref> During his solo concert in London on June 6, 2017, Vedder talked for the first time about Cornell since his death on May 18, 2017, saying that "he wasn't just a friend, he was someone I looked up to like my older brother" and "I will live with those memories in my heart and I will love him forever".<ref>{{cite magazine 
|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/read-eddie-vedders-tribute-to-older-brother-chris-cornell-w486208 |title=Read Eddie Vedder's Moving Tribute to 'Older Brother' Chris Cornell |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 7, 2017}}</ref>

Vedder is a friend of The Who guitarist [[Pete Townshend]], who discouraged Vedder from retiring in 1993.<ref>Townshend, Pete. [https://archive.today/20120910130843/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/13511/73734/ "Pete Townshend Muses on Rock Honors, Smashing Computers, Eddie Vedder in E-Mail to Rolling Stone"]. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. July 23, 2008.</ref> In late 2007, Vedder wrote the foreword to a new Pete Townshend biography, ''Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend''. The book was published in the UK in March 2008 and in the U.S. in October 2008. Vedder was a close friend of Ramones guitarist [[Johnny Ramone]], with Vedder being at his side when he died. Since Ramone's death, Vedder and Pearl Jam have played the Ramones' "I Believe in Miracles" regularly at live shows. While driving home from Ramone's funeral, Vedder wrote the lyrics for the Pearl Jam song "[[Life Wasted]]" (from ''Pearl Jam'').<ref name="secondcoming"/>

While surfing with [[Tim Finn]] in New Zealand on March 25, 1995, Vedder was carried {{convert|250|ft|m}} off the coast and had to be rescued by lifeguards.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/27/nyregion/chronicle-041695.html?scp=2&sq=finn+vedder+zealand&st=nyt "Chronicle"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. March 27, 1995.</ref> He has also paddled [[outrigger canoe]]s on occasion and in 2005 was nearly lost at sea trying to paddle from [[Molokai|Molokaʻi]] to [[Oahu|Oʻahu]].<ref>[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/vedder%20saved%20from%20drowning%20by%20fishermen "Vedder Saved From Drowning By Fishermen"]. [[Contactmusic.com]].</ref>

Vedder has written songs and lyrics that question religious authority.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ffrf.org/news/day/dayitems/item/14740-eddie-vedder |title=Eddie Vedder |website=Freedom From Religion Foundation |date=December 23, 1980 |access-date=April 15, 2018}}</ref> Vedder is a [[Chicago Bulls]] and [[Chicago Bears]] fan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/05/eddie-vedder-and-dennis-rodman-once-flew-to-vegas-and-back-just-to-see-janes-addiction/|title=Eddie Vedder and Dennis Rodman Once Flew to Vegas and Back Just to See Jane's Addiction|date=May 16, 2020|website=Spin.com|access-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/eddie-vedder-aaron-rodgers-jay-cutler-pearl-jam-milwaukee|title=Bears fan Eddie Vedder asked Aaron Rodgers if he could be traded for Jay Cutler|date=October 21, 2014|access-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref> and a long-time, die-hard fan of the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmvp2BS_tQw|title=Cubs fan Eddie Vedder reacts to World Series win|date=November 2, 2016 |access-date=March 17, 2022|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/pearl-jam-eddie-vedder-broke-into-wrigley-field-batting-practice/|title=Eddie Vedder Broke Into Wrigley Field to Take Batting Practice|first=Chad|last=Childers|website=Loudwire.com|date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-cardenal-eddie-vedder-build-friendship-c265399974|title=Better men: Cardenal, Vedder build friendship|website=MLB.com|access-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-celebrated-with-the-chicago-cubs|title=Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder celebrated with the Chicago Cubs|website=FOX Sports|access-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref> In November 1993, Vedder and [[Chicago White Sox|White Sox]] pitcher [[Jack McDowell]] were involved in a barroom brawl in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, that resulted in Vedder being arrested for public drunkenness and disturbing the peace.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/19/sports/sports-people-baseball-mcdowell-involved-in-new-orleans-scuffle.html "Sports People: Baseball; McDowell Involved in New Orleans Scuffle"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. November 19, 1993.</ref> Vedder sang the [[The Star-Spangled Banner|national anthem]] before the third game of the [[1998 NBA Finals]] in Chicago,<ref name="VH1">Papineau, Lou. [http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1535383/20060629/story.jhtml "20 Things You Should Know About Pearl Jam"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132957/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1535383/20060629/story.jhtml |date=June 29, 2011 }}. [[VH1]].com. June 30, 2006.</ref> and has sung "[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]" at six Cubs games, including Game 5 of the [[2016 World Series]]. In 2007, a few days before performing with Pearl Jam in Chicago for Lollapalooza, he threw out the first pitch at [[Wrigley Field]], the home of the Cubs.<ref>Menconi, D. (May 21, 2006). Protest music takes a bow. ''News & Observer''</ref> Vedder wrote a song at the request of former Cubs shortstop and first baseman [[Ernie Banks]] paying tribute to the Cubs called "[[All the Way (Eddie Vedder song)|All the Way]]".<ref name="kerry">{{cite web| last=Brown |first=David |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Answer-Man-Kerry-Wood-talks-Eddie-Vedder-bowli?urn=mlb,90554 |title=Answer Man: Kerry Wood talks Eddie Vedder, bowling, nudity |website=[[Yahoo!]] |date=June 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105155111/http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Answer-Man-Kerry-Wood-talks-Eddie-Vedder-bowli?urn=mlb,90554 |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last=Koste |first=Kyle |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2008/09/eddie_vedders_song_pays_tribut.html |title=Eddie Vedder's song pays tribute to Chicago Cubs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921021906/http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2008/09/eddie_vedders_song_pays_tribut.html |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=September 18, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The day after the Cubs won the 2016 World Series, the Cubs' official Twitter account posted a montage video backed by Vedder's song in a tribute to Cubs fans.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chicago-Cubs-Say-Thank-You-in-Emotional-Fan-Tribute-399844631.html|title=Chicago Cubs Say Thank You in Emotional Fan Tribute|newspaper=NBC Chicago|date=November 3, 2016|access-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref>

The annual baseball series between the [[Seattle Mariners]] and [[San Diego Padres]] is often nicknamed the '''Vedder Cup''' due to both cities being hometowns of the singer. Eddie Vedder himself is a Chicago Cubs fan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pitcherlist.com/the-rotation-history-vedder-cup-baseballs-strangest-rivalry/|title=The Strange History of The Vedder Cup|website=Pitcherlist.com|date=May 24, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1758263/2020/04/20/a-vedder-cup-unlike-any-other-simming-the-2022-world-series/|title=A Vedder Cup unlike any other: Simming the 2022 World Series|first1=Corey|last1=Brock|first2=Dennis|last2=Lin|work=The New York Times |date=April 20, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/how-the-vedder-cup-came-to-be/60870/?amp=1|title=How the Vedder Cup Came To Be|website=Nbcsandiego.com|date=May 30, 2016 }}</ref> The partnership with Vedder became official in 2025, when Vedder designed a trophy to be given to the winner of the series, while the two teams agreed to support Vedder's charity, the EB Research Partnership, in return.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mariners-padres-announce-eddie-vedder-cup|title=Who's the 'Better Man'? Mariners, Padres make Vedder Cup official|first1=AJ|last1=Cassavell|work=mlb.com}}</ref>

Vedder is an admirer of the American science fiction author [[Kurt Vonnegut]].<ref>{{YouTube|T9kicxgDjo0|Teacher Appreciation Day 2020}}</ref> During an interview with ''Uncut'', he stated that the novel ''[[Cat's Cradle]]'' is his favorite book of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/uncut-artist-interview-pearl-jam-s-eddie-vedder-37312/ |title=Uncut Artist Interview: Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder |website=Uncut.co.uk |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=July 7, 2021 }}</ref>
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