Editing Stéphane Grappelli (section)

== Personal life and legacy ==
[[File:Père-Lachaise - Division 87 - Columbarium 381-462 - Grappelli 01.jpg|thumb|right|Grappelli's final resting place in crypt 417 of Division 87 ([[Columbarium]]) at Pere Lachaise Cemetery]]
In May 1935, Grappelli had a brief affair with Sylvia Caro that resulted in a daughter named Evelyne. Sylvia remained in Paris with her daughter for the duration of World War II. Father and daughter were reunited in 1946 when Evelyne travelled to London from France to stay with Grappelli for about a year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Balmer |first1=Paul |title=Stéphane Grappelli: With and Without Django |date=2003 |publisher=Sanctuary |isbn=978-1-86074-453-2 |pages=96, 142 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IFUIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22the+attention+of+a+young+French+girl+by+the+name+of+Sylvia+Caro%22}}</ref> From 1952 to 1980, he shared much of his life with a female friend, Jean Barclay, for whom he felt a deep brotherly affection.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Balmer |first1=Paul |title=Stéphane Grappelli: A Life in Jazz |date=2003 |publisher=Bobcat Books |isbn=978-1-84772-576-9 |pages=161–163}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqPEBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT71 |title=Stéphane Grappelli – Mon violon pour tout bagage |first1=Stéphane |last1=Grappelli |first2=Joseph |last2=Oldenhove |first3=Jean-Marc |last3=Bramy |publisher=Calmann-Levy |year=1994|isbn=9782702151136 }}</ref> Grappelli never married, however, and it is widely accepted that he was gay;<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Men and Masculinities |editor1=Kimmel, Michael |editor2=Aronson, Amy |author=Ake, David |article=Jazz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jWj5OBvTh1IC&pg=PA438 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2004 |volume=1 |page=438|isbn=978-1-57607-774-0 }}
*{{cite news |last=Mnookin |first=Seth |title=Sharps & Flats |url=http://www.salon.com/1999/12/21/reinhardt/ |work=Salon |date=21 December 1999}}
*{{harvnb|Dregni|2004|p=121}}
*{{cite book |last=Coryell |first=Larry |title=Improvising: My Life in Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xdL3u5rSETQC |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=2007 |page=103 |isbn=978-0-87930-826-1}}
*{{cite news |last=Brace |first=Eric |title=A Memorable Evening With the Great Grappelli |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-05-ca-60716-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=5 December 1997 |via=[[The Washington Post]]}}
*{{cite web |access-date=27 November 2018 |title=Homophobia in Jazz – JazzTimes |url=https://jazztimes.com/features/homophobia-in-jazz/ |website=JazzTimes.com |first=James |last=Gavin |date=1 December 2001}}
*{{cite news |last1=Velez |first1=Andrew |title=Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music |url=https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-70368302/ken-burns-jazz-the-story-of-america-s-music |access-date=27 November 2018 |work=The Advocate |date=13 February 2001}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100619135235/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/6672043/Stephane-Grappelli.html "Obituary: Stephane Grappelli"]. ''The Telegraph'', 2 December 1997.</ref> in 1981 he met Joseph Oldenhove, who would be his companion until his death.<ref>Balmer, p. 274.</ref>

Grappelli died in Paris on 1 December 1997, suffering heart failure after a series of minor cerebral attacks. His funeral, on 5 December, took place at the [[Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris|Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris]], within sight of the entrance to the [[Lariboisière Hospital]] where he had been born 89 years earlier. His body was cremated and his ashes entombed in the city's [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]].

He is the subject of the documentary ''Stéphane Grappelli – A Life in the Jazz Century''.<ref>[http://musiconearth.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=57 ''Stephane Grappelli – A Life in the Jazz Century''] at Music On Earth productions.</ref>