Editing Lionel Hampton (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Lionel Hampton in 2001.jpg|thumb|Hampton in 1997]]
On November 11, 1936, in [[Yuma, Arizona]], Lionel Hampton married Gladys Riddle (1913–1971).<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Jessie Carney |title=Notable Black American women: Book II |publisher=Gale Research, Detroit |year=1996 |page=[https://archive.org/details/notableblackamer00jess/page/275 275] |isbn=0-8103-9177-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/notableblackamer00jess/page/275 }}</ref> Gladys was Lionel's business manager throughout much of his career. Many musicians recall that Lionel ran the music and Gladys ran the business.

Around 1945 or 1946, he handed a pair of vibraphone mallets to then-five year old (later jazz musician) [[Roy Ayers]].

During the 1950s he had a strong interest in [[Judaism]] and raised money for [[Israel]]. In 1953 he composed a [[King David]] [[suite (music)|suite]] and performed it in Israel with the [[Boston Pops Orchestra]]. Later in life Hampton became a [[Christian Science|Christian Scientist]].<ref name="Voce"/> Hampton was also a Thirty-third degree [[Prince Hall Freemasonry|Prince Hall]] [[freemasonry|freemason]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Cox |first=Joseph |title=Great Black Men of Masonry |publisher=[[iUniverse]] |year=2002 |page=176 |isbn=0-595-22729-5}}</ref>

In January 1997, his apartment caught fire and destroyed his awards and belongings; Hampton escaped uninjured.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barron |first=James |title=PUBLIC LIVES; More Fallout From Lamp Fire |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE6D71F30F93AA35752C0A96E958260 |access-date=April 9, 2008 |work=The New York Times |date=January 9, 1998}}</ref>