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==Personal life== In 1971, Parsons married Gretchen Burrell (nee Gretchen Lisl Berrill) at his stepfather's New Orleans estate.<ref name="californiabirthindex/4567413">{{cite web |title=Gretchen Lisl Berrill born on May 15, 1952 in Los Angeles County, California. |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/gretchen_lisl_berrill_born_1952_4567413 |website=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org |access-date=11 September 2023}}<!-- https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/gretchen-burrell --></ref><ref name="tcmdb/0%7C208758">{{cite web |title=Gretchen Burrell |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/0%7C208758/Gretchen-Burrell |website=[[tcmdb]] |publisher=[[tcm.com]] |access-date=11 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Parsons and Burrell went to England, where they visited their friend [[Ric Grech]]. With the help of Grech and his friend [[Hank Wangford]], Parsons stopped using heroin.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Hank Wangford |publisher=The Gram Parsons Project |url=http://www.gramparsonsproject.com/hank/index.htm |access-date=2011-11-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005060128/http://www.gramparsonsproject.com/hank/index.htm |archive-date=2011-10-05}}</ref> In the summer of 1973, Parsons' [[Topanga Canyon]] home burned to the ground, the result of a stray cigarette. Nearly all of his possessions were destroyed with the exception of a guitar and a prized [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]]. The fire proved to be the last straw in the relationship between Burrell and Parsons, who moved into a spare room in Kaufman's house. Parsons rekindled his relationship with Margaret Fisher, a high school sweetheart from Waycross. Parsons had one child, born to Nancy Ross in 1967, a daughter named [[Polly Parsons (producer)|Polly Parsons]].<ref name="latimes/2004-jul-08-wk-pop8">{{cite news |last1=Cromelin |first1=Richard |title=The heir to a parent |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-08-wk-pop8-story.html |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=8 July 2004}}</ref>
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