Editing Minoru Yamasaki (section)

==Personal life==
Yamasaki was first married in 1941 to Teruko "Teri" Hirashiki. They had three children together: Carol, [[Taro Yamasaki|Taro]], and Kim.<ref name="historylinkbio"/> They divorced in 1961 and Yamasaki married Peggy Watty. He and Watty divorced two years later, and Yamasaki married a third time briefly before remarrying Teruko in 1969.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gyure |first=Dale Allen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7BIDwAAQBAJ&dq=Minoru+Yamasaki+marriage+third+wife&pg=PA222 |title=Minoru Yamasaki: Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World |date=November 28, 2017 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-22986-8 |language=en}}</ref> In a 1969 article in ''[[The Detroit News]]'' about the remarriage, Yamasaki said "I'm just going to be nicer to her".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.detroitnews.com/history/1998/08/13/minoru-yamasaki-world-class-architect/ |title=Minoru Yamasaki, world-class architect |newspaper=The Detroit News |date=August 14, 1998 |language=en |access-date=September 18, 2019 |archive-date=December 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208005857/http://blogs.detroitnews.com/history/1998/08/13/minoru-yamasaki-world-class-architect/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Yamasaki suffered from health problems for at least three decades, and [[stomach ulcer|ulcers]] caused surgical removal of much of his stomach in 1953.<ref name="Reader"/> Over time, he endured several more operations on his stomach.<ref name="Gyure"/> His health was not improved by increasingly heavy drinking towards the end of his life.<ref name="Gyure"/> Yamasaki died of stomach cancer on February 6, 1986, at the age of 73.<ref name="Mirror">{{cite web |date=September 8, 2011 |title=World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki wanted 'living symbol' for humanity |url=https://www.federalwaymirror.com/news/world-trade-center-architect-minoru-yamasaki-wanted-living-symbol-for-humanity/ |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Federal Way Mirror |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Rimer/>

Yamasaki was affectionately known as "Yama" among his friends and associates.<ref name="Gallagher" />