Editing Jamie Farr (section)

==Personal life==
Farr met his wife Joy Ann Richards, a model, shortly after returning from military service.<ref name=dangaardp142/><ref name=goodman/><ref name=smith/> They married in 1963 and have two children,<ref name=brickey/><ref name=higdon/><ref name=smith/> Jonas (c. 1969) and Yvonne (c. 1972).<ref name=goodman/><ref name=guggenheimer/> In 2021, Farr told ''We Are the Mighty'' that [[James Jabara]] was his cousin.<ref name=searls>{{cite web|url=https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-movies/mash-star-act-jamie-farr/|title=10 Questions with M*A*S*H star and famed actor Jamie Farr|date=2021-11-03|publisher=We Are the Mighty|access-date=2023-10-18|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032643/https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-movies/mash-star-act-jamie-farr/|url-status=live}}</ref> Farr has battled severe [[rheumatoid arthritis]] since the early 1990s.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Farr was very close to [[Red Skelton]], describing him as his "hero" and "mentor",<ref name=ouzounian/> and like "a second father" to him.<ref name=searls/> He shared that Skelton was one of his favorite comedians growing up.<ref name=ouzounian/> Before Farr left for his military service, Skelton gave him a [[Saint Christopher]] medal, which he has worn since.<ref name=searls/><ref name=webber/> When Skelton died in 1997, his widow asked Farr to be a [[pallbearer]] at his funeral.<ref name=webber/>

Public records show that Farr has contributed financially to the [[Republican National Committee]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] candidates multiple times since 1988, including to the campaigns of [[Darrell Issa]] (2022), who grew up in Ohio and is of Lebanese ancestry, and [[Joe Leibham]] (2009).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Jamie_Farr.php |title=Jamie Farr's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |publisher=Newsmeat |date=April 18, 2011 |access-date=2021-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514001413/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Jamie_Farr.php |archive-date=2011-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the961.com/lebanese-american-influential-politician-darrel-issa/|title=Meet the Lebanese-American businessman turned influential politician|last=Diab|first=Jasmin Lilian|date=2019-09-28|publisher=The 961|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=November 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112032645/https://www.the961.com/lebanese-american-influential-politician-darrel-issa/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=jamie+farr&order=desc&sort=D|title=Donor Lookup: Jaime Farr|publisher=[[OpenSecrets]]|access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=October 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020070950/https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=jamie+farr&order=desc&sort=D|url-status=live}}</ref>