Marriages
On August 10, 1968, Butler married Carol Supplee. They divorced in January 1972.
On July 1, 1972, Butler married poet Marylin Geller (now known professionally as Marylin Krepf). They had one child, Joshua Robert Butler (born 1974), and divorced July 1987.
On July 21, 1987, Butler married Maureen Donlan. They divorced in March 1995.
On April 23, 1995, at Tavern on the Green restaurant in New York City, Butler married the novelist and playwright Elizabeth Dewberry (born September 7, 1962). The couple ended their marriage in July 2007 (The Washington Post reported that they were officially divorced on 19 July), according to e-mail Butler sent to his graduate students and fellow professors at Florida State University regarding Dewberry's decision to leave him for communications mogul Ted Turner. A controversy arose over the highly personal revelations contained within Butler's e-mail, which was leaked by one of its recipients and subsequently reported on by major international media outlets, such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, and National Public Radio.
On June 19, 2012, Butler married Kelly Lee Daniels.
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