Editing Ed Sullivan (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Ed Sullivan with wife 1956.jpg|thumb|upright|Sullivan with his wife Sylvia during his convalescence at [[Griffin Hospital]], 1956]]

Sullivan was engaged to champion swimmer [[Sybil Bauer]], but she died of cancer in 1927 at the age of 23.{{sfn|Sisson|Zacher|Cayton|2007|p=901}}

In 1926, Sullivan met and began dating Sylvia Weinstein. Initially she told her family that she was dating a Jewish man named Ed Solomon, but her brother discovered it was Sullivan, who was Catholic. Both their families were strongly opposed to interfaith marriage, which resulted in a discontinuous relationship for the next three years. They were finally married on April 28, 1930, in a City Hall ceremony. Eight months later Sylvia gave birth to Elizabeth ("Betty"), named after Sullivan's mother, who had died that year. In 1952, Betty Sullivan married the ''Ed Sullivan Show'''s producer, Bob Precht.<ref name="Elizabeth Betty’ Sullivan Precht"/>

The Sullivans rented a suite of rooms at the [[Hotel Delmonico]] in 1944 after living at the [[Hotel Astor]] on [[Times Square]] for many years. Sullivan rented a suite next door to the family suite, which he used as an office until ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' was canceled in 1971. Sullivan habitually called his wife after every program to get her critique.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Ed Sullivan Is Dead at 73; Charmed Millions on TV |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/14/archives/ed-sullivan-is-dead-at-73-charmed-millions-on-tv-a-broadway-fixture.html#:~:text=Ed%20Sullivan%2C%20who%20entertained%20hundreds,He%20was%2073%20years%20old.&text=His%2C%20wife%20of%2042%20years,died%20on%20March%2016%2C%201973 |access-date=December 9, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 14, 1974}}</ref>

The Sullivans regularly dined and socialized at New York City's best-known clubs and restaurants including the [[Stork Club]], Danny's Hide-A-Way, and Jimmy Kelly's. His friends included celebrities and U.S. presidents. He also received audiences with popes.<ref name=abouted>{{cite web|url=http://www.edsullivan.com/about-ed-sullivan/|title=Ed Sullivan Biography|publisher=www.edsullivan.com|accessdate=February 10, 2014}}</ref>

Sylvia Sullivan was a financial advisor for her husband. She died on March 16, 1973, at Mount Sinai Hospital from a ruptured aorta.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/6822058/?terms=%22Sylvia%20Sullivan%22&match=1 Mrs Ed Sullivan Dies, ''Lubbock-Avalanche-Journal'' (Lubbock, TX), March 17, 1973, page 5]</ref>