Editing Van Morrison (section)

===Family and relationships===
Morrison lived in [[Belfast]] from birth until 1964, when he moved to London with the rock group [[Them (band)|Them]].<ref>[[NPR]] (17 March 2016). [https://www.npr.org/2016/03/17/470809293/the-complete-them-showcases-van-morrison-before-he-went-solo%20'/ "'The Complete Them' Showcases Van Morrison Before He Went Solo."]  Retrieved 4 May 2021.</ref> Three years later, he moved to New York after signing with [[Bang Records]]. Facing deportation due to visa problems, he managed to stay in the US when his American girlfriend Janet (Planet) Rigsbee, who had a son named Peter from a previous relationship,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/love-lost-in-the-myths-of-time-26253156.html|title=Love lost in the myths of time|website=The Irish Independent|date=30 January 2000|access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref> agreed to marry him.<ref name="HeylinPage168">Heylin (2003), page 168.</ref> Once married, Morrison and his wife moved to [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], where he found work performing in local clubs. The couple had one daughter in 1970, [[Shana Morrison]], who has become a singer-songwriter. Morrison and his family moved around America, living in [[Boston]]; [[Woodstock, New York]]; and a hilltop home in [[Fairfax, California]]. His wife appeared on the cover of the album ''[[Tupelo Honey]]''. They divorced in 1973.<ref name="HeylinPage260">Heylin (2003), page 260.</ref><ref name="RoganPage280">Rogan (2006), page 280.</ref>

Morrison moved back to the UK in the late 1970s, first settling in London's [[Notting Hill Gate]] area.<ref name="RoganPage342">Rogan (2006), page 342.</ref> Later, he moved to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], where he purchased [[the Wool Hall]] studio in January 1994.<ref name="RoganPage400">Rogan (2006), page 400.</ref> He also has a home in the Irish seaside village of [[Dalkey]] near Dublin, where legal actions were taken against Morrison by two neighbours who objected to Morrison attempting to widen his driveway. The case was taken to court in 2001, with the initial rulings going against Morrison.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/van-gets-no-encore-for--hardcore-in-driveway-row--with-neighbours-322033.html|title=Van gets 'no encore' for hardcore in driveway row with neighbours|work=The Irish Independent|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2002/1210/van.html|title=Van Morrison loses court battle over extension|publisher=RTÉ News|date=10 December 2002|access-date=25 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/parked-plans-may-be-back-on-agenda-for-van-124811.html|title=Parked plans may be back on agenda for Van|work=The Irish Independent|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0608/breaking64.html Van Morrison house case opens], ''The Irish Times'', 8 June 2010.</ref> Morrison pursued the matter all the way to the Irish Supreme Court, but his appeal was denied.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.ie/Judgments.nsf/1b0757edc371032e802572ea0061450e/cb435afde08964b680256de8004a7b8d?OpenDocument|title=Text of Irish Supreme Court judgement in the case of ''Alphonsus O'Mara and Claudia O'Mara v. Van Morrison''|website=Supremecourt.ie|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref>  A separate case in 2010, in which Morrison's then-wife Michelle took legal action against a different neighbour, who was building a balcony that she felt would overlook the Morrison home and intrude on their privacy, was withdrawn in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1013/734597-michelle-morrison-dalkey/ |title=Estranged wife of Van Morrison withdraws case over Dalkey privacy row |work=RTÉ News |date=13 October 2015 |access-date=28 September 2021 }}</ref>

Morrison met Irish socialite [[Michelle Rocca]] in the summer of 1992, and they often featured in the Dublin gossip columns, an unusual event for the reclusive Morrison. Rocca also appeared on one of his album covers, ''[[Days Like This (Van Morrison album)|Days Like This]]''.<ref>Rogan (2006), p.406</ref> The couple married and have two children;<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8436535.stm|title=Singer Van Morrison denies 'unfounded baby' story|work=BBC News|access-date=31 December 2009|date=31 December 2009}}</ref> a daughter was born in February 2006 and a son in August 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/why-van-and-michelle-live-their-hymns-to-silence-1997101.html|title=Why Van and Michelle live their hymns to the silence|work=The Irish Independent|author=Egan, Barry|date=3 January 2010|access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/duping-worlds-press-on-reclusive-vans-baby-is-festive-childs-play-1997068.html|title=Duping world's press on reclusive Van's 'baby' is festive child's play|work=The Irish Independent|date=3 January 2010|author=Quinlan, Ronald|access-date=10 January 2011}}</ref> According to a statement posted on his website, they were divorced in March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanmorrison.com/news/2018/van-morrison-statement|title=Official Statement|date=6 October 2019|website=Vanmorrison.com|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>

In December 2009, Morrison's tour manager Gigi Lee gave birth to a son, who she asserted was Morrison's and named after him. Lee announced the birth of the child on Morrison's official website, but Morrison denied paternity. Lee's son died in January 2011 from complications of [[diabetes]], and Lee died soon after from throat cancer in October 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gigi-lees-baby-died-after-slipping-into-diabetic-coma-2977310.html|title=Gigi Lee's baby died after slipping into diabetic coma|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=2 January 2012|last=McKeown|first=Lesley-Anne|access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> Morrison's father died in 1988, and his mother, Violet, died in 2016.<ref>John Monoghan, [http://www.irishnews.com/news/2016/06/07/news/van-morrison-s-mother-laid-to-rest-following-funeral-service-in-east-belfast-550212/ Van Morrison's mother laid to rest following funeral service in east Belfast], ''The Irish News'', 7 June 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/van-morrison-performs-three-of-his-old-songs-in-moving-and-nostalgic-farewell-to-his-mother-violet-34777721.html|title=Van Morrison performs three of his old songs in a moving and nostalgic farewell to his mother Violet|access-date=23 September 2017|newspaper=The Belfast Telegraph}}</ref>