Family
In 1972, Williams married Sachiko Kanenobu, Japanese female singer-songwriter; they raised two children.
In the 1980s, he was married to Donna Nassar who provided many illustrations for Crawdaddy!'s second incarnation.
In 1992 Williams began a relationship with anti-folk co-founder and singer Cindy Lee Berryhill, now his wife. In 2009, Williams lived in Encinitas, California with Berryhill and their son, Alexander, part of the year but eventually had to enter a nursing home due to dementia. He is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, the early onset of which is attributed to a brain injury Williams sustained in a 1995 bicycle accident. The medical bills have been enormous, and the family is asking for donations toward his continued medical care. On December 14, 2009 Paul Williams was accepted for Medi-Cal (Medicaid) coverage.
Read more about this topic: Paul Williams (Crawdaddy! Creator)
Famous quotes containing the word family:
“The intent of matrimony, is not for man and wife to be always taken up with each other, but jointly to discharge the duties of civil society, to govern their family with prudence, and educate their children with discretion.”
—Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. Weekly Visitor or Ladies Miscellany (June 1807)
“I worry about people who get born nowadays, because they get born into such tiny families—sometimes into no family at all. When you’re the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope Diamond. And that encourages you to talk too much.”
—Russell Baker (b. 1925)
“A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.”
—Chinese proverb.