Editing Tom Clancy (section)

== Personal life ==
Clancy's first wife, Wanda Thomas King, was a nurse.<ref name=LATimes /><ref name=BaltimoreSun1994>{{cite news |last=Christy |first=Marian |title=Tom Clancy makes it look so simple |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/08/19/tom-clancy-makes-it-look-so-simple-authors-on-target-with-his-thrillers-at-ease-with-fame/ |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |access-date=October 4, 2013 |date=August 19, 1994 |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022713/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-08-19/features/1994231143_1_clancy-concentration-target |url-status=live }}</ref> They married in 1969 and had four children.<ref name="nytimes obit" /> The couple separated briefly in 1995, and they permanently separated in December 1996.<ref name="nytimes obit"/><ref name=People>{{cite journal |journal=People Magazine |date=June 15, 1998 |title=Storm Rising |last=Schindehette |first=Susan |volume=49 |issue=23 |page=141 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20125539,00.html}}</ref> Wanda Clancy filed for divorce in November 1997,<ref name="Filed">{{cite news |author1=Friedman, Roger |author2=Landman, Beth |title=Intelligencer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7eQCAAAAMBAJ&q=Clancy+filed+for+divorce+in+1997&pg=PA20 |work=New York Magazine |date=September 25, 1995 |quote=Wanda Clancy filed for divorce from her husband}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=August 27, 2008 |title=Reconsider Clancy case ruling |last=Jones |first=Brent |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2008/08/27/reconsider-clancy-case-ruling-lower-court-told/ |access-date=March 24, 2012 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220336/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-08-27/news/0808260206_1_clancy-op-center-jack-ryan |url-status=live }}</ref> which became final in January 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mdcourts.gov/opinions/coa/2008/112a07.pdf |access-date=March 23, 2012 |title=Case No. 04-C-03-000749 OC |publisher=Circuit Court for Calvert County}}</ref> As part of the divorce, she and Clancy split his minority stake in the Baltimore Orioles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ed |first1=Waldman |title=Sold! Angelos scored with '93 home run |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-08-01-0407310115-story.html |access-date=December 26, 2022 |work=Baltimore Sun}}</ref>

On June 26, 1999, Clancy married freelance journalist Alexandra Marie Llewellyn, whom he had met in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/27/style/alexandra-llewellyn-tom-clancy.html|title=Alexandra Llewellyn, Tom Clancy |work=The New York Times |format=Style|date=June 27, 1999}}</ref> Llewellyn is the daughter of [[J. Bruce Llewellyn]] and a family friend of [[Colin Powell]], who originally introduced the couple to each other.<ref name="Dirt"/> They remained together until Clancy's death in October 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=John R. |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/877393/author-tom-clancy-dead-at-66/ |title=Author Tom Clancy dead at 66 – Okanagan |work=Global News |location=Canada |date=October 2, 2013 |access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> They had one daughter.<ref name="nytimes obit"/><ref name="Dirt">{{cite web |last1=McClain |first1=James |title=Tom Clancy's widow Alexandra throws down $8.5 million cash on a Beverly Hills ultra-contemporary |url=https://www.dirt.com/more-dirt/heirs-heiresses/alexandra-clancy-beverly-hills-mansion-tom-11018/ |website=Dirt.com |date=January 31, 2018}}</ref>

Clancy was a [[Roman Catholic]]. The plot of his novel ''[[Red Rabbit]]'' revolves around [[John Paul II]].<ref name="time">{{cite news|last1=Grossman|first1=Lev|title=10 Questions For Tom Clancy|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,322616,00.html|access-date=November 2, 2017|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=July 22, 2002|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206164809/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,322616,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In a June 27, 1993, interview with ''[[The Washington Post]]'', he was quoted as saying, "I've had [sex scenes] in my books before, but you had to look real fast because, you know, I'm a married Catholic and I don't do that."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carlson|first1=Peter|title=What ticks Tom Clancy off?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-ticks-tom-clancy-off/2013/10/02/66a20b38-2b7b-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html|access-date=November 2, 2017|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 27, 1993 }}</ref>  In a 2002 interview with [[Lev Grossman]] for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, Clancy lamented what he perceived as society's [[double standard]] in the way Catholics are viewed by some people in society in relation to other demographic segments: "You can't hate black people any more, of course, and you can't hate homosexuals any more, but you can hate all the Catholics you want."<ref name="time"/>

=== Property ===
Clancy's 80-acre estate, which was once a summer camp, is located in [[Calvert County, Maryland]]. It has a panoramic view of the [[Chesapeake Bay]].<ref name=WashingtonPost1993>{{cite news |last=Carlson |first=Peter |title=What ticks Tom Clancy off? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-ticks-tom-clancy-off/2013/10/02/66a20b38-2b7b-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=October 4, 2013 |date=June 27, 1993}}</ref> The stone mansion, which cost $2 million, has 24 rooms and features a shooting range in the basement.<ref name=BaltimoreSun1994 /><ref name=WashingtonPost1993 /> The property also features a [[World War II]]–era [[M4 Sherman]] [[tank]], a Christmas gift from his first wife.<ref name=WashingtonPost1993 /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-30-ls-64774-story.html |date=June 30, 1998 |title=The Cold War of Clancy vs. Clancy |journal=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Clancy also purchased a 17,000-square-foot penthouse condominium in the [[Ritz-Carlton]], in Baltimore's [[Inner Harbor]], for $16 million.<ref name=BaltimoreSunObituary /> Clancy and his wife combined four units to create the apartment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2015/11/02/at-12m-tom-clancys-baltimore-penthouse-is-most-expensive-listing-in-the-city/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-realestate%3Ahomepage%2Fcard |title=At $12 million, Tom Clancy's Baltimore penthouse is most expensive listing in the city |author=Orton, Kathy |date=November 2, 2015 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 3, 2015}}</ref>

His Chesapeake Bay estate sold for $4.9 million in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=
https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2020/08/14/tom-clancys-sprawling-537-acre-estate-sells-for-49-million/ |date=August 14, 2020 |title=Tom Clancy's sprawling 537-acre estate sells for $4.9 million  |journal=Military Times}}</ref>