Editing Dana Carvey (section)

==Personal life==
While performing at The Other Cafe in [[San Francisco]], Carvey met and became romantically involved with Paula Zwagerman. Dana and Paula became engaged in 1981 and married in 1983. The couple had two sons &ndash; Dex, born in 1991, and Thomas, born in 1994. The elder son, Dex, died from an accidental drug overdose on November 15, 2023, at the age of 32.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 6, 2016|title=Why Dana Carvey started working with his aspiring comic sons: 'They had this bullseye on their back'|url=https://blog.siriusxm.com/why-dana-carvey-started-working-with-his-aspiring-comic-sons-they-had-this-bullseye-on-their-back/|access-date=February 18, 2022|website=Hear & Now|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web  |title=Dana Carvey says 32-year-old son Dex died of 'accidental drug overdose' |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/dana-carvey-32-year-son-dex-died-accidental-104976259 |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=Good Morning America |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/dex-carvey-snl-alum-and-son-of-dana-carvey-dies-of-overdose-at-32|title=Dex Carvey, Comedian and Son of Dana Carvey, Dies of Overdose at 32|author=Alfred, Mark|date=November 16, 2023}}</ref>

In 1995, Carvey had a home in the [[San Fernando Valley]], and his parents relocated to [[Murrieta, California]], to be near his mother's sister, Shirley Miller.<ref name="crippenandflynnchapels/4641094">{{cite web |title=Billie Dahl Carver: Obituary |url=https://www.crippenandflynnchapels.com/obituary/4641094 |website=Crippen & Flynn Woodside Chapel (FD879) |access-date=8 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="latimes-1995-10-29-Rent">{{cite news  |title=She's Done Away With Rent Check |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-29-re-62614-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=29 October 1995}}</ref>

In 1997, Carvey underwent [[Coronary artery bypass surgery|heart bypass surgery for a blocked coronary artery]]. The artery was buried deep in [[myocardium]] and difficult to find; the surgeon mistakenly<ref name="people/2000-heart">{{cite news |last1=Schindehette |first1=Susan |title=The Heart of the Matter |url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-heart-of-the-matter-vol-53-no-22/ |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=People mag |date=June 5, 2000 |language=en}}</ref> performed the bypass on another accessible artery that was unblocked. As a result, Carvey continued to suffer from [[angina pectoris]] and successfully sued for $7.5 million in damages, which he donated to charity;<ref>{{cite news|last1=Falcon|first1=Mike |title=Heart operation no laugh for Dana Carvey|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2001-11-05-carvey-heart.htm|access-date=December 4, 2016|work=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dana Carvey Back After Heart Problems|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132097&page=1|access-date=December 4, 2016|work=ABC News|date=January 6, 2006}}</ref> he later underwent additional corrective surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-heart-of-the-matter-vol-53-no-22/|title=Cover Story: The Heart of the Matter – Vol. 53 No. 22|date=June 5, 2000|website=People|access-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref> He told ''[[Newsday]]'' that, while he was in the hospital for his final angioplasty, [[Frank Sinatra]] died in the room adjacent to his.<ref name=newsday/>  From 2002 to 2010, Carvey took a break to raise his two sons.<ref name="people/carvey-left-hollywood">{{cite news |title=Why Dana Carvey Says He Left Hollywood in the Late '90s — And What He's Doing Now |url=https://people.com/movies/why-dana-carvey-left-hollywood/ |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=People mag |language=en}}</ref><ref name="siriusxm/carvey-sons">{{cite web |last1=Corriston |first1=Michele |title=Why Dana Carvey started working with his aspiring comic sons: 'They had this bullseye on their back' |url=https://blog.siriusxm.com/why-dana-carvey-started-working-with-his-aspiring-comic-sons-they-had-this-bullseye-on-their-back/ |website=[[SiriusXM]] |access-date=8 November 2022 |date=6 July 2016}}</ref>

Carvey and his family live in [[Mill Valley, California|Mill Valley]] in [[Marin County, California]].