Editing Keith Emerson (section)

==Personal life==
Around the Christmas of 1969, Emerson married his Danish girlfriend Elinor Lund.<ref>Macan, ''Endless Enigma'', p. 42.</ref> They had two sons, Aaron and Damon,<ref>Macan, ''Endless Enigma'', p. 355.</ref> before they divorced in 1994. Emerson said it was his fault, as he had "fallen in love with someone else."<ref name=glancey/><ref>Macan, ''Endless Enigma'', p. 571.</ref> Emerson then had a long-term relationship with Mari Kawaguchi.<ref name=jablon>{{cite news |last=Jablon |first=Robert |date=12 March 2016 |title=Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer Dies at 71 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/keith-emerson-emerson-lake-palmer-dies-71-37587541 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |website=ABC News |access-date=12 March 2016 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312065051/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/keith-emerson-emerson-lake-palmer-dies-71-37587541 |archive-date=12 March 2016 }}</ref>

In April 1975, Emerson's Sussex house burned down and he relocated to London.<ref name=IMRW75>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/emerson-moog/5014|title=Emerson/Moog|first=Ray|last=Hammond|magazine=International Musician and Recording World|date=June 1975|via=Muzines|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref>

Emerson enjoyed flying as a hobby, and he obtained his pilot's licence in 1972. When Emerson moved to [[Santa Monica, California]] in the mid-1990s, [[John Lydon]], who had openly and harshly criticised ELP during the 1970s when Lydon was a member of the [[punk rock]] band [[Sex Pistols]], was Emerson's neighbour.<ref name=glancey /> The two became friends, with Lydon saying in a 2007 interview, "He's a great bloke".<ref name=jablon /> In 2002, Emerson was in the process of returning to live in England.<ref name=glancey />

===Health issues===
In 1993, Emerson was forced to take a year off from playing after he developed a nerve-related condition affecting his right hand that he likened to "writer's cramp", and that was also reported as a form of arthritis.<ref name=glancey /><ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Shawn |date=October 1997 |title=Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Humphrey's By The Sea: San Diego, CA: September 30, 1997 |url=http://www.vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=262 |publisher=Vintage Rock |website=Vintagerock.com |access-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507132611/http://www.vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=262 |archive-date=7 May 2013 }}</ref> It marked a low period for Emerson, who was going through a divorce and having financial difficulties. He turned to alcohol, before a course of psychotherapy led to his move to Santa Monica. During his time off, he ran marathons, customised a [[Harley-Davidson]] motorcycle, and wrote film scores and his autobiography, ''Pictures of an Exhibitionist'', which opens and closes with an account of his illness and subsequent arm operation.<ref name=keautobio /><ref name=wakeman />

In 2002, Emerson had regained the full use of his hands and could play to his usual strength.<ref name=glancey /> In 2016, he was corresponding with a carpal-tunnel syndrome expert about his struggle with [[focal dystonia]], who said "Musicians can't talk about it because they won't get another gig if word gets out that they're in pain so they keep quiet."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-17|title=Keith Emerson Kept Secret Debilitating Physical Pain That Affects Millions, Expert Says|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/03/17/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-may-have-played-part-in-keith-emersons-suicide-expert-says/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321062753/https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/03/17/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-may-have-played-part-in-keith-emersons-suicide-expert-says/|archive-date=2016-03-21|access-date=2021-04-04|website=CBSLA.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

In September 2010, Emerson underwent immediate surgery after a routine colonoscopy had revealed a "rather dangerous" polyp in his lower colon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greglake.com/Tour/2010_updates.html|website=greglake.com|title=Tour 2010|access-date=12 March 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082843/http://www.greglake.com/Tour/2010_updates.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>