Editing Ray Davies (section)

==Personal life==
Davies has been married three times and has four daughters. 

In 1964, he married Rasa Didzpetris. The couple had two daughters, Louisa and Victoria.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Ray Davies on understanding hipsters, not talking to Pete Townshend – and why he fled Tony Blair's Britain |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2017/04/ray-davies-understanding-hipsters-not-talking-pete-townshend-and-why |website=New Statesman |date=12 April 2017 |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="First Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=S%2FEtrW3XXM9Cgrxo0nmYYw&scan=1 |title=Marriages Dec 1964 |publisher=[[FreeBMD]] |date=31 December 2016 |access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> 

He changed his legal name by [[deed poll]] to Raymond Douglas for five years, which allowed him anonymity for his second marriage in 1974 to Yvonne Gunner.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{cite book |last=Kitts |first=Thomas M. |title=Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2008 |isbn=9781135867959 |pages=175}}</ref> The couple had no children and divorced in 1981.<ref name=":2" /> 

In the 1980s, Davies had a relationship with [[Chrissie Hynde]] of [[the Pretenders]]. The couple had a daughter, Natalie Rae Hynde.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bluffer's guide to Ray Davies |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/bluffers-guide-to-ray-davies-2252026 |website=WalesOnline |access-date=20 November 2021 |date=18 May 2007}}</ref> 

His third marriage was to Irish ballet dancer Patricia Crosbie, with whom he had a daughter named Eva.<ref>{{cite web |title=This much I know: Patricia Crosbie, Ballet mistress |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/this-much-i-know-patricia-crosbie-ballet-mistress-256291.html |date=26 January 2014 |website=[[Irish Examiner]] |access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref>

In January 2004, Davies was shot in the leg while chasing thieves who had snatched his companion's purse as they walked through the [[French Quarter]] of [[New Orleans]].<ref>"[http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/05/davies.shot/ Kinks star shot in New Orleans]", CNN, 5 January 2004</ref> A man was arrested, but the charges were dropped because Davies had already returned to London and did not come back to New Orleans for the trial.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzfestforum.com/forum/main-category/jazz-fest-forum/3046-the-ray-davies-case-comes-back-in-a-typically-frustrating-way |title=The Ray Davies Case Comes Back in a Typically Frustrating Way – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival |access-date=12 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012203338/https://www.jazzfestforum.com/forum/main-category/jazz-fest-forum/3046-the-ray-davies-case-comes-back-in-a-typically-frustrating-way |archive-date=12 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2011, Davies' doctor ordered him to stay at home and rest for six months after [[Thrombus|blood clots]] were discovered in his lungs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jurgensen |first=John |title=Ray Davies Talks About Coming Shows and Albums |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304432304576372014266916424 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=10 June 2011 |access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref>