Editing Duane Eddy (section)

==Personal life and death==
Eddy's first wife was Carol Puckett; they were married and divorced prior to 1961.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>  In 1961, Eddy married singer Mirriam Johnson, with whom he recorded a gospel album.<ref name=times_5_2024/> They had a daughter, Jennifer. Duane and Miriam divorced in 1968.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref> She adopted the stage name [[Jessi Colter]], became a popular country singer, and later married fellow country star Waylon Jennings.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>

Eddy later married Deed Abbate, with whom he collaborated on a cover of "You Are My Sunshine" in 1977.<ref name="BB obituary-style article">{{cite magazine |last1=Dailey |first1=Hannah |title=Duane Eddy, Grammy-Winning 'Rebel-Rouser' Guitarist, Dies at Age 86 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/duane-eddy-dead-1235671239/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard/Penske Media Corporation |access-date=July 8, 2024 |date=May 1, 2024}}</ref><ref name="CMHoF"/>  In addition to his daughter with Mirriam Johnson/Jessi Colter, Eddy had three children with third wife Deed Abbate-Eddy.<ref name="BB obituary-style article"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>

Eddy died of cancer in [[Franklin, Tennessee]], on April 30, 2024, four days after his 86th birthday.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |last1=Masley |first1=Ed |title=Remembering 'Rebel Rouser' rock icon Duane Eddy, dead at 86 |url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/05/01/duane-eddy-obituary/73528988007/ |website=Eu.azcentral.com |access-date=1 May 2024 |archive-date=May 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501230843/https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/05/01/duane-eddy-obituary/73528988007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Eddy was survived by his third wife Deed and his children (four, according to an obituary by ''Billboard'', or three, according to an obituary by ''[[The Guardian]]'').<ref name="BB obituary-style article"/><ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>  ''The Guardian'' also reported that Eddy was also survived by five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.<ref name="Guardian obituary"></ref>

Eddy was the last surviving musician to have charted in the top 10 of the first-ever issue of the ''[[Billboard Hot 100]]'' chart in 1958.<ref name="BB obituary-style article"/><ref name="BB top hits 2024"/>