Editing José Sarney (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:José Sarney e Marly Sarney no dia da posse.jpg|thumb|right|Sarney with his wife [[Marly Sarney|Marly Macieira]]]]
In 1952, Sarney married [[Marly Sarney|Marly Macieira]].<ref name=life>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ONcNXI2m7xAC&q=Marly+Macieira+1952&pg=PA232|title=Na arena do marketing político: ideologia e propaganda nas campanhas|isbn=9788532302168|language=Portuguese|accessdate=17 July 2021|last1=Queiroz|first1=Adolpho|year=2006|publisher=Summus Editorial }}</ref> Their children are Congressman José Sarney Filho, Governor [[Roseana Sarney]], and the businessman [[Fernando Sarney]].<ref name=life/>

As a writer, his best known work is the poetry book ''Os Marimbondos de Fogo'' ("The Fire Wasps").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.estantevirtual.com.br/livros/jose-sarney/os-maribondos-de-fogo/867890756|title=Livro: Os Maribondos de Fogo|publisher=Estantevirtual|accessdate=17 July 2021}}</ref> Sarney was elected to a chair in the [[Brazilian Academy of Letters]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://glli-us.org/2020/04/13/brazilian-academy-of-letters/|title=BRAZILIAN ACADEMY OF LETTERS|date=13 April 2020 |publisher=Glli-us|accessdate=17 July 2021}}</ref>

In April 2012, Sarney was hospitalized and underwent an [[angioplasty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-17725384|title=Brazil's former president Jose Sarney has heart surgery|publisher=BBC|date=16 April 2012|accessdate=17 July 2021}}</ref> In July 2021, he was hospitalized for [[pleural effusion]] and had a procedure to remove fluid from his lungs.<ref name=July2021>{{cite web|url=https://oimparcial.com.br/noticias/2021/06/jose-sarney-e-internado-em-hospital-em-brasilia/|title=José Sarney é internado em hospital em Brasília|date=25 June 2021 |publisher=Oimparcial|language=Portuguese|accessdate=16 July 2021}}</ref>

In July 2023, Sarney was hospitalized after a fall and was diagnosed with [[cerebral ischemia]].<ref>{{cite news| last =| first =| date = July 17, 2023| title = José Sarney é diagnosticado com isquemia cerebral e recebe alta em São Luís| newspaper = G1| page = | url = https://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/noticia/2023/07/17/jose-sarney-e-diagnosticado-com-isquemia-cerebral-e-recebe-alta-em-sao-luis.ghtml| access-date = September 6, 2023| quote =}}</ref>