Editing Dizzy Gillespie (section)

== Personal life ==
Gillespie married dancer Lorraine Willis in [[Boston]] on May 9, 1940.<ref name=":1" /> They remained together until his death in 1993; Lorraine converted to Catholicism with [[Mary Lou Williams]] in 1957.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Surles|first=Elizabeth|title=Research Guides: Mary Lou Williams: Biography|url=https://libguides.rutgers.edu/c.php?g=924056&p=6660025|access-date=2021-06-30|website=libguides.rutgers.edu|language=en|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021230652/https://libguides.rutgers.edu/c.php?g=924056&p=6660025|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lorraine managed his business and personal affairs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/06/17/willis_gillespie_widow_of_jazz_icon/|title=Willis Gillespie, widow of jazz icon|date=June 17, 2004|newspaper=The Boston Globe}}</ref> The couple had no children, but Gillespie fathered a daughter, jazz singer [[Jeanie Bryson]], born in 1958 from an affair with songwriter Connie Bryson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2000/01/05/singer-calls-dizzy-daddy-and-sues-for-record/|title=SINGER CALLS DIZZY DADDY AND SUES FOR 'RECORD' $$|last=Barrett|first=Devlin|date=January 5, 2000|website=New York Post}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/28/nyregion/dizzys-daughter-has-her-own-career-in-jazz.html|title=Dizzy's Daughter Has Her Own Career in Jazz|last=Smith|first=Richard D.|date=March 28, 1993|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url-access=subscription |language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Gillespie met Bryson, a [[Juilliard]]-trained pianist, at the jazz club [[Birdland (New York jazz club)|Birdland]] in New York City.<ref name=":2" /> In the mid-1960s, Gillespie settled down in [[Englewood, New Jersey]], with his wife.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bestofnj.com/features/monthly-observances/black-history-month/black-history-nj-dizzy-gillespie/|title=Black History NJ: Dizzy Gillespie|first=Patrick|last=Lombardi|date=February 27, 2020|website=Bestofnj.com|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref> The local [[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]] public high school, [[Dwight Morrow High School]], named its auditorium after him: the 'Dizzy Gillespie Auditorium'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maroontribune.org/2013/04/mandarin-showcase-at-dizzy-gillespie/|title=Mandarin Showcase at Dizzy Gillespie|first=Tenzin|last=Sangmo|website=Maroontribune.org|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wefunkradio.com/song/play/392_ac/dizzy+gillespie/stomped+and+wasted|title="Stomped And Wasted" by Dizzy Gillespie|website=Wefunkradio.com|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>