Editing Jack Lemmon (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Cynthia Lemmon, Jack Lemmon and Kim Novak, 1955.jpg|thumb|right|Lemmon with his first wife [[Cynthia Stone|Cynthia]] (left) and [[Kim Novak]] in 1955]]

=== Marriage and family ===
Lemmon was married twice. He and first wife actress [[Cynthia Stone]], with whom he had a son, [[Chris Lemmon]] (born 1954), divorced. Lemmon married actress [[Felicia Farr]] on August 17, 1962, while shooting ''Irma La Douce'' in Paris. The couple's daughter, Courtney, was born in 1966.<ref name="NYT1981" /> Lemmon was the stepfather to Denise, from Farr's previous marriage to [[Lee Farr]].<ref>Don Widener ''Lemmon: A Biography'' (1975), page 7</ref> He was close friends with actors [[Tony Curtis]] and [[Kevin Spacey]], among others.

His publicist [[Geraldine McInerney]] said, "I remember Jack once telling me he lived in terror his whole life that he'd never get another job. Here was one of America's most established actors and yet he was without any confidence. It was like every job was going to be his last".<ref name="rte">{{Cite interview |last=McInerney |first=Geraldine |interviewer=Jan Battles |title=Always a woman ahead of her time |url=https://www.rte.ie/tv50/essays/geraldinemcinerney.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917131241/https://www.rte.ie/tv50/essays/geraldinemcinerney.html |archive-date=September 17, 2012 |publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> As the 1970s progressed, Lemmon increased his drinking to cope with stress. He was fined for [[driving under the influence]] in 1976,<!-- British usage as drink-driving in the source which follows.--> finally quitting alcohol in the early 1980s.<ref name="Baxter" /> On a 1998 episode of the television program ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', he stated that he was a recovering alcoholic.<ref name=tca/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-may-29-la-et-st-james-lipton-20130529-story.html|title=James Lipton's 'Inside the Actors Studio' hits 250 on changing Bravo|author=Meredith Blake|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 29, 2013|access-date=July 30, 2013}}</ref>

=== Interests ===
Lemmon was known as the "star" of the celebrity-packed, third-round telecast of the annual [[AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am]] golf tournament, held at [[Pebble Beach Golf Links]] each February. Lemmon's packed gallery was there not only for his humor, but also to root him on in his lifelong quest to "make the cut" to round four, something he was never able to achieve. The amateur who helps his team most in the Pro-Am portion is annually awarded the Jack Lemmon Award. During the 1980s and 1990s, Lemmon served on the advisory board of the [[National Student Film Institute]].<ref>{{cite book|title=National Student Film Institute/L.A: The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival|date=June 10, 1994|location=The Directors Guild Theatre|pages=10–11|ref=Program}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Los Angeles Student Film Institute: 13th Annual Student Film Festival|date=June 7, 1991|location=The Directors Guild Theatre|page=3|ref=Program}}</ref> Lemmon was a registered [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref name="Baxter" />

=== Final years and death ===
[[File:Jack Lemmon grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Brentwood, California.JPG|thumb|right|Lemmon's headstone (inscription reads "JACK LEMMON in")]]
Lemmon was hospitalized in December 2000 due to [[diverticulitis]] in his colon. He had accepted the Hollywood Women's Press Club Buddy Rogers Legend Award, presented by actor [[Angela Lansbury]], accepting via phone.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=112215&page=1 |title=Jack Lemmon Hospitalized |work=ABC News |orig-date=December 12, 2000 |date=January 6, 2006 |access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref> In May 2001, he underwent [[gallbladder]] surgery after being hospitalized with [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=104496&page=1 |title=Lemmon Recovering From Surgery |work=ABC News |date=May 30, 2001|access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref>

Lemmon died of [[bladder cancer]] on June 27, 2001, approximately 9&nbsp;p.m. at [[USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center]] at age 76.<ref name="Harmetz" /> He had privately suffered from the disease for two years before his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-lemmon-dead-at-76/ |title=Jack Lemmon Dead At 76 |work=CBS News |date=June 28, 2001 |access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref> His body is interred at [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary|Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]], California. Lemmon's gravestone reads like a title screen from a film: "JACK LEMMON in".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/imagepages/jacklemmongravephoto.shtml |title=The Grave of Jack Lemmon |website=Seeing Stars in Hollywood |access-date=September 21, 2015}}</ref> Guests who attended the private ceremony included [[Billy Wilder]], [[Shirley MacLaine]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Gregory Peck]], [[Sidney Poitier]], [[Kirk Douglas]], [[Michael Douglas]], [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Frank Sinatra]]'s widow Barbara and [[Walter Matthau]]'s son Charlie.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1417891.stm|title= Jack Lemmon laid to rest|website= [[BBC]]|date= July 2, 2001|access-date= May 18, 2020}}</ref>

Film critic [[Stanley Kauffmann]] described Lemmon as "easily one of the most expert American actors of his generation".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/29/movies/jack-lemmon-dark-and-comic-actor-dies-at-76.html|title= Jack Lemmon, Dark and Comic Actor, Dies at 76|work= The New York Times|date= June 29, 2001|access-date= June 25, 2024|last1= Harmetz|first1= Aljean}}</ref> Kevin Spacey said, "Jack Lemmon was unique in the world of show business. He always treated people with respect and never let Hollywood glory affect his basic decency."<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://ew.com/article/2002/12/23/kevin-spacey-pays-tribute-jack-lemmon/|title= Kevin Spacey pays tribute to Jack Lemmon |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date= June 24, 2024}}</ref> Billy Wilder stated, "I loved him dearly and he was the best actor I ever worked with."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=103838&page=1|title= Hollywood Remembers Jack Lemmon |website= [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date= June 25, 2024}}</ref>