Personal Life
Copeland married Constance "Connie" Walden of Macon, and they had two daughters (Chandra and Barbara) before divorcing.
Copeland's other romantic partners included FBI client Marianne Faithfull and his former FBI receptionist and step-cousin Courteney Cox, with whom he had a three year relationship in the 1980s after his divorce from Connie.
Along with his brothers, Stewart and Miles, Ian was honoree and recipient of the Humanitarian Award from the AMC Cancer Research Center in 1985. The awards program noted:
Seventeen years ago, the first AMC Humanitarian Award went to Judy Holliday, a brilliant musical star and actress. Tonight, we are proud to continue the tradition and honor Miles, Ian, and Stewart Copeland and their famous, and often times infamous, contributions to the music and entertainment industry. Early in each of their individual careers, the Copeland Brothers were considered mavericks - the new frontiersman. Miles, attending to music management; Ian, involved as a music agent; and, Stewart, a talented composer, engaged as a drummer in The Police - all were iconoclasts. While they were bucking the established institution, practices and attitudes of the music industry, they were on the cutting edge of pioneering "new music" into the United States. Their methods, once scorned, are now imitated. It is fitting that we pay tribute to the Copeland Brothers and their pioneering spirit.
Copeland published an autobiography, Wild Thing, in 1995. In 1997 he opened the Backstage Cafe bar and restaurant in Beverly Hills, which he owned and operated until his death from melanoma at age 57. He was buried at the Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles.
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