Editing Neil Peart (section)

===Family deaths and recovery===
On August 10, 1997, soon after Rush's [[Test for Echo Tour]], Peart's 19-year-old daughter (at the time his only child) Selena Taylor was killed in a single-car crash on [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway 401]] near the town of [[Brighton, Ontario]]. His [[common-law marriage|common-law wife]] of 23 years, Jacqueline Taylor, subsequently died of cancer on June 20, 1998. Peart attributed her death to the result of a "broken heart" and called it "a slow suicide by apathy. She just didn't care."<ref name=Peart-GhostRider>{{cite book|title=Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road|url=https://archive.org/details/ghostrider00neil|url-access=registration|last=Peart|first=Neil|year=2002|publisher=[[ECW Press]]|isbn=1-55022-546-4}}</ref>

In his book ''[[Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road]]'', Peart wrote that he told his bandmates at Jacqueline's funeral, "consider me retired".<ref name=Peart-GhostRider /> Peart took a long sabbatical to mourn and reflect, and travelled extensively throughout North and Central America on his motorcycle, covering {{convert|88,000|km|mi|abbr=on}}. After his journey, Peart returned to the band. Peart wrote the book as a chronicle of his geographical and emotional journey.

Peart was introduced to photographer Carrie Nuttall in Los Angeles by longtime Rush photographer Andrew MacNaughtan. They married on September 9, 2000. In early 2001, Peart announced to his bandmates that he was ready to return to recording and performing. The product of the band's return was the 2002 album ''[[Vapor Trails]]''. At the start of the ensuing tour in support of the album, the band members decided that Peart would not take part in the daily grind of press interviews and "meet and greet" sessions upon their arrival in a new city that typically monopolise a touring band's daily schedule. Peart always shied away from these types of in-person encounters, and it was decided that exposing him to a lengthy stream of questions about the tragic events of his life was not necessary.<ref>MacNaughtan, Andrew. Geddy Lee. and Alex Lifeson. ''"The Boys in Brazil"'', ''[[Rush in Rio (video)|Rush in Rio]]'' DVD Bonus Material. New York City: Atlantic Recording Corporation/Anthem/Msi Music Corp October 2003.</ref><ref>[[Daniel Catullo]] Rush. ''[[Rush in Rio (video)|Rush in Rio]]''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Zoë Vision. 2003. {{OCLC|53877410}}</ref><ref>Jordan, Lawrence. Daniel E Catullo. Rush ''[[Rush in Rio (video)|Rush in Rio]]''. London: Sanctuary Visual Entertainment. 2003. {{OCLC|84678389}}</ref>

After the release of ''Vapor Trails'' and his reunion with bandmates, Peart returned to work as a full-time musician. In the June 2009 edition of Peart's website's ''News, Weather, and Sports'', titled "Under the Marine Layer", he announced that he and Nuttall were expecting their first child.<ref>{{cite web|last=Peart|first=Neil|url=http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html|title=Under the Marine Layer|work=News, Weather and Sports|date=June 2009|access-date=July 1, 2009|archive-date=March 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308155034/http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Olivia Louise Peart was born later that year.<ref name="Chronology Lemieux">{{cite book |last1=Lemieux |first1=Patrick |title=The Rush Chronology |date=2015 |publisher=Across the Board Books |location=Toronto |isbn=978-1926462035 |page=223 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_qaCgAAQBAJ&q=olivia |access-date=January 11, 2020}}</ref>

In 2014, Peart acquired U.S. citizenship.<ref name="rs">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/from-rush-with-love-59586/|title=From Rush with Love|date=June 16, 2015|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321073828/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/from-rush-with-love-59586/|url-status=live}}</ref>