Family
In 1965 he married Judith Ann Goldman, an attorney, with whom he has three children: Daniel, Jacob, and Jamila. That marriage ended in divorce in 2000. In 2004 he married a former French journalist, with whom he resides on the lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
Jacob Edgar Wideman, John's middle child, is currently serving a life sentence for a 1986 murder, and was denied parole in May 2011.
Jamila Wideman later became a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Israeli League.
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