Editing Jack Webb (section)

==Personal life==
Webb's personal life was better defined by his love of [[jazz]] than his interest in police work. He had a collection of more than 6,000 jazz recordings.<ref name=mnf/>  Webb's own recordings reached cult status, including his deadpan delivery of "[[Try a Little Tenderness|Try A Little Tenderness]]".<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.metv.com/stories/jack-webb-recorded-an-album-of-jazz-standard-covers|title= Jack Webb of Dragnet recorded a bizarre album of jazz standard covers|website=MeTV|language=en-us|access-date=2022-10-27}}</ref> His lifelong interest in the [[cornet]] allowed him to move easily in the jazz culture, where he met singer and actress [[Julie London]]. They married in 1947 and had daughters Stacy and Lisa. They divorced in 1954.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99027028/tvs-jack-webb-free-to-marry-divorce-is/ |title=TV's Jack Webb Free to Marry; Divorce Is Final |agency=[[International News Service|INS]] |newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |page=23 |date=November 26, 1954 |access-date=April 3, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He was married three more times after that, to Dorothy Towne for two years beginning in 1955, to former [[Miss USA]] [[Jackie Loughery]] for six years beginning in 1958, and to his longtime associate, Opal Wright, for the last two years of his life.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

[[File:Jack Webb Grave.JPG|thumb|175px|The grave of Jack Webb at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills|Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery]], in the Hollywood Hills]]

Stacy Webb authorized and collaborated on a book, ''Just the Facts, Ma'am: The Authorized Biography of Jack Webb, Creator of Dragnet, Adam-12, and Emergency!,'' of which Daniel Moyer and Eugene Alvarez were the primary authors. It was published in 1999. Stacy did not live to see the publication of the book, having been killed in a collision with a [[California Highway Patrol]] vehicle three years earlier.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/STACY+WEBB%2C+DAUGHTER+OF+ACTRESS%2C+LATE+ACTOR.-a083969282 |title=Stacy Webb, Daughter of Actress, Late Actor |via=The Free Library |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]| date=October 1, 1996 |access-date=January 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230115231/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/STACY+WEBB%2C+DAUGHTER+OF+ACTRESS%2C+LATE+ACTOR.-a083969282 |archive-date=December 30, 2017 |url-status=dead| agency=Associated Press}}</ref>