Editing Roger Zelazny (section)

==Personal life and death==
Zelazny was married twice, first to Sharon Steberl in 1964 (divorced, no children), and then to Judith Alene Callahan in 1966. Prior to this he was engaged to [[Folk music|folk]] singer [[Hedy West]] for six months from 1961 to 1962.<ref name="Roger Zelazny 2009">"...And Call Me Roger": The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 1, by Christopher S. Kovacs. In: ''The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 1: Threshold'', NESFA Press, 2009.</ref> Roger and Judith had two sons, Devin and [[Trent Zelazny|Trent]] (who was an author of [[crime fiction]], deceased), and a daughter, Shannon. At the time of his death, Roger and Judith were separated and he was living with author [[Jane Lindskold]].<ref name=AndCall_a />

Raised as a [[Catholic]] by his parents,<ref name="Roger Zelazny 2009"/> Zelazny later declared himself a [[lapsed Catholic]] and remained that way for the rest of his life.<ref name="AndCall">"{{'}}...And Call Me Roger': The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny", Part 3, by Christopher S. Kovacs. In: ''The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 3: This Mortal Mountain'', NESFA Press, 2009.</ref> "I did have a strong Catholic background, but I am not a Catholic. Somewhere in the past, I believe I answered in the affirmative once for strange and complicated reasons. But I am not a member of any organized religion."<ref name="AndCall" />

Zelazny died, aged 58, in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] on June 16, 1995, of [[kidney failure]] secondary to [[colorectal cancer]].<ref name="AndCall_a">{{cite book|chapter='...And Call Me Roger': The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny, Part 6 |first=Christopher S. |last=Kovacs |title=The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume 6: The Road to Amber |publisher=NESFA Press |date= 2009|editor-first1=David G. |editor-last1=Grubbs|editor-first2=Christopher S. |editor-last2=Kovacs |editor-first3=Ann |editor-last3=Crimmins}}</ref> At the time of his death, he had been a twenty-year resident of Santa Fe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/06/16/science-fiction-luminary-roger-zelazny-dies-at-58/929663b2-b93e-4240-a330-bcc763c0b5e9/|title=Science Fiction Luminary Roger Zelazny Dies at 58|work= [[Washington Post]] |date=June 16, 1995|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>