Editing Peter Falk (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Peter Falk 2007.jpg|thumb|Peter Falk in 2007]]

Falk married Alyce Mayo, whom he met when the two were students at [[Syracuse University]],{{sfn|Falk|2006|p=30}} on April 17, 1960. The couple adopted two daughters, Catherine (who became a [[private investigator]]) and Jackie. Falk and his wife divorced in 1976. On December 7, 1977, he married actress [[Shera Danese]],<ref name= LAT-05-28-09>{{cite news|last=Kim|first= Victoria| title= Relatives Fight For Control of 'Columbo' Star Peter Falk|url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-falk28-2009may28,0,3158489.story| date= May 28, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times| access-date = May 28, 2009}}</ref> who guest-starred in more episodes of the ''Columbo'' series than any other actress.

Falk was an accomplished artist, and in October 2006 he had an exhibition of his drawings at the [[Butler Institute of American Art]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Pinchot |first=Joe |date=October 2006 |title=It's all about the pose: actor Peter Falk keeps his drawings simple |work=The Sharon Herald | url=http://sharonherald.com/community/x1208329365/It-s-all-about-the-pose-actor-Peter-Falk-keeps-his-drawings-simple?start:int=15 |access-date=June 26, 2011}}</ref> He took classes at the [[Art Students League of New York]] for many years.<ref>{{cite web |first=Steven |last=Litt |work=The Plain Dealer |url=http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2011/06/my_interview_with_peter_falk.html |title= My Interview with Peter Falk |orig-year=October 10, 2006 |date=June 24, 2011 |publisher=Cleveland |access-date=June 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theartstudentsleague.org/About/History/FormerStudents.aspx |title=Former Prominent Students, The Art Students League of New York |publisher=Theartstudentsleague.org |access-date=June 26, 2011}}</ref>

Falk was a chess aficionado and a spectator at the American Open in Santa Monica, California, in November 1972, and at the U.S. Open in Pasadena, California, in August 1983.<ref>{{cite web| work= Chess history | url = http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter77.html | title =Peter Falk, American Open, Santa Monica, November 1972, and United States Open, Pasadena, California, August 1983}}</ref>

His memoir ''Just One More Thing'' ({{ISBN|978-0-78671795-8}}) was published by [[Carroll & Graf]] on August 23, 2006.

===Health===
[[File:Peter Falk Columbo monument.JPG|thumbnail|right|upright|[[Columbo statue (Budapest)|Statue of Falk as Columbo]] with his dog in [[Budapest]], Hungary]]

In December 2008, it was reported that Falk had been diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3795830/Columbo-star-Peter-Falk-has-Alzheimers.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3795830/Columbo-star-Peter-Falk-has-Alzheimers.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Columbo star Peter Falk has Alzheimer's |author=Singh, Anita |date=December 16, 2008 |work=Telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In June 2009, at a two-day [[conservatorship]] trial in Los Angeles, one of Falk's personal physicians, Dr. Stephen Read, reported he had rapidly slipped into dementia after a series of dental operations in 2007.<ref name="Conservatorship">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/02/columbo-actor-peter-falk-_n_210120.html |title="Columbo" Actor Peter Falk Placed In Conservatorship | author=Anthony McCartney | agency=Associated Press |work=The Huffington Post |date=June 1, 2009 |access-date=October 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312141903/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/02/columbo-actor-peter-falk-_n_210120.html |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Dr. Read said it was unclear whether Falk's condition had worsened as a result of anesthesia or some other reaction to the operations. Shera Danese Falk was appointed as her husband's conservator.<ref name="BaltSun_Obit">{{cite news |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ktla-peter-falk-obit,0,6391826.story |title='Columbo' Star Peter Falk Dead at 83 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192111/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ktla-peter-falk-obit%2C0%2C6391826.story |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>