Editing Eric Idle (section)

==Personal life==
Idle has been married twice. His first marriage was in 1969 to actress [[Lyn Ashley]], with whom he had one son before their divorce in 1975. He met Tania Kosevich, a former model, in 1977, and they married in 1981.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Eric's naughty bits |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/erics-naughty-bits/article1023519/|access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter=Idle, Eric   |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-21409 |title =Who's Who 2024 and Who Was Who |date = 1 December 2019 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U21409 |publisher =Oxford University Press |url-access=subscription}}</ref> They have an adult daughter.<ref name=paynter2023>{{cite web |last=Paynter |first=Sarah |title=Monty Python's Eric Idle Lists Los Angeles Home for $6.495 Million |website=Mansion Global |date=10 February 2023 |url=https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/monty-pythons-eric-idle-lists-los-angeles-home-for-6-495-million-12381093 |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/98595/Marriage-is-no-laughing-matter-when-you-re-a-Python|title=Marriage is no laughing matter when you're a Python|date=3 May 2009|work=[[Daily Express]]|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> From 1995 they lived in a five-bedroom, {{convert |adj=on|7,000|ft2}} mansion in the [[Hollywood Hills]], listing it for sale in February 2023.<ref name=paynter2023/>

He is a first cousin of Canadian conductor [[Peter Oundjian]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Zekas |first=Rita |title=A symphony of comfort and cheer |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/2013/12/05/a_symphony_of_comfort_and_cheer.html |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=5 December 2013 |access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Oundjian (b.1955) |url=https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/pictures/artist/scotlands-finest/peter-oundjian/ |website=Classic FM |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> and Nigel Wray, former chairman of [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] Rugby Club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nigel Wray receives unlikely backing of comedy legend|url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/nigel-wray-receives-unlikely-backing-of-comedy-legend/|date=11 November 2019|website=Rugby Pass}}</ref> [[David Bowie]] made Idle godfather to his son, film director [[Duncan Jones]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hoyle |first=Ben |title=Eric Idle interview: Monty Python, his new book Always Look on the Bright Side of Life and hanging out with George Harrison and Mick Jagger |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/eric-idle-interview-monty-python-his-new-book-always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life-and-hanging-out-with-george-harrrison-and-mick-jagger-j83zf0v6z |work=[[The Times]] |date=6 October 2018}}</ref>

Idle is an [[atheist]], but does not like using the term and is quoted as saying "I don't like that word, it implies that there's a [[God]] not to believe in."<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Idle on Terry Jones, Brian Cox, religion and The Entire Universe |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-12-26/eric-idle-on-terry-jones-brian-cox-religion-and-the-entire-universe/ |website=[[Radio Times]] |date=26 December 2016 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref>

In 2019, Idle was diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]]. He was diagnosed early and underwent successful surgery to remove the tumour, needing no further treatment after this procedure.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Eric Idle: I Survived Pancreatic Cancer. It's a Funny Story |url=https://time.com/6215318/eric-idle-pancreatic-cancer/ |magazine=Time |date=21 September 2022 |access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>