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 family that perseveres in good works will surely have an abundance of blessings.”
—Chinese proverb.
“True spoiling is nothing to do with what a child owns or with amount of attention he gets. he can have the major part of your income, living space and attention and not be spoiled, or he can have very little and be spoiled. It is not what he gets that is at issue. It is how and why he gets it. Spoiling is to do with the family balance of power.”
—Penelope Leach (20th century)
“One theme links together these new proposals for family policy—the idea that the family is exceedingly durable. Changes in structure and function and individual roles are not to be confused with the collapse of the family. Families remain more important in the lives of children than other institutions. Family ties are stronger and more vital than many of us imagine in the perennial atmosphere of crisis surrounding the subject.”
—Joseph Featherstone (20th century)