Editing Gavin MacLeod (section)

==Writing==
In 1987, following MacLeod's conversion to evangelical Christianity and remarriage,<ref name="apnews.com">{{Cite web |date=2021-05-29 |title=Gavin MacLeod, 'Love Boat' captain, dies at 90 |url=https://apnews.com/article/gavin-macleod-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-6313dfd801244eeeea2be2ddeac1cdbb |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> he and his wife, Patti, wrote about his struggles with alcoholism and their divorce in ''Back On Course: The Remarkable Story of a Divorce That Ended in Remarriage''.<ref name="BackOnCourseBook">{{cite book |title=Back on Course |author1=Gavin MacLeod |author2=Patti MacLeod |author3=Marie Chapian |edition=illustrated |publisher=F.H. Revell Company |year=1987 |isbn=9780800715335}}</ref>

In the 1980s Gavin and his wife Patti started a seminar called Born Again Marriages. The main purpose was to share their journey with others that were going through separation or divorce. They really wanted to see marriages salvaged much like theirs.

In 2013, MacLeod released a memoir,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-gavin-macleod-20131109,0,3503297.story#axzz2kMTaRx7X |title=Gavin MacLeod captains a memoir |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 8, 2013 |last=King |first=Susan |access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> ''This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith & Life''. He said, "...all my living has been based on what other people have written... I hope it can help others, how I overcame and never gave up. There are so many lessons in life."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-11-03/features/fl-gavin-macleod-cruise-110313-20131103_1_new-royal-princess-princess-cruises-merrill-stubing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111200348/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-11-03/features/fl-gavin-macleod-cruise-110313-20131103_1_new-royal-princess-princess-cruises-merrill-stubing |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |title=In town to promote Princess Cruises, Gavin MacLeod talks 'Love Boat' and new book |newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |location=Deerfield Beach, Florida |date=November 11, 2013 |last=Sortal |first=Nick |access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> In the book, MacLeod recounted his stories as a young actor trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood, the lifelong friends he made, struggles with alcoholism, divorce, and faith.<ref name="renamed_from_1234984591_on_20210603115815"/>