Editing Johnny Mercer (section)

==Personal life==
In 1931, Mercer married Ginger Meltzer, a chorus girl, later a seamstress; and in 1940, when he was 30, the Mercers adopted a daughter, Amanda ("Mandy"). In 1960, Mandy married Bob Corwin, who was a pianist for [[Peggy Lee]], [[Anita O'Day]], and [[Carmen McRae]], and also Mercer's long-time accompanist. They had a son, Jim Corwin, in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Paton |first1=Chris |title=Oral History Georgia State |url=http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/merceroh/id/30/rec/2|website=Digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>

In 1941, Mercer began an affair with 19-year-old [[Judy Garland]], while she was engaged to composer [[David Rose (musician)|David Rose]]. Garland ended her involvement when she married Rose. In later years, Garland and Mercer rekindled their affair. Mercer stated that his song "[[I Remember You (1941 song)|I Remember You]]" was the most direct expression of his feelings for Garland.{{sfn|Furia|2003|pp=130–131}}

Mercer died in 1976, aged 66, from an inoperable [[brain tumor]], in the [[Bel Air, California|Bel Air]] neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He was buried in Savannah's historic [[Bonaventure Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUiKz_4qY9QC&dq=johnny+mercer+bonaventure&pg=PT4|title=Historic Bonaventure Cemetery: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society|first1=Historical Society|last1=Georgia|first2=Mandi Dale|last2=Johnson|first3=Amie Marie|last3=Wilson|first4=Mandi|last4=Johnson|date=November 1, 1998|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738542010|access-date=September 28, 2021|via=Google Books}}</ref> The line-drawing caricature adorning his [[memorial bench]] is a reproduction of a self-portrait.