Editing Johnny Mathis (section)

==Personal life==
Despite missing the Olympic high-jump trials, Mathis retains enthusiasm for sports. He is an avid [[golfer]], with nine [[holes-in-one]] to his credit. Mathis has also hosted several Johnny Mathis Golf Tournaments in the U.K. and the U.S. Since 1985, he has hosted a charity golf tournament in [[Belfast]] sponsored by [[Shell plc|Shell]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnny Mathis - Biographie |url=https://www.vintagemusic.fm/artist/12231/ |website=Vintage Music |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref> and the annual Johnny Mathis Invitational Track & Field Meet has continued at San Francisco State University since it started in 1982. Mathis also enjoys cooking, and published a cookbook, ''Cooking for You Alone'', in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lasentinel.net/johnny-mathis.html|title=Johnny Mathis|date=December 16, 2010|website=Los Angeles Sentinel|language=en-US|access-date=June 27, 2019}}</ref>

Mathis has undergone rehabilitation for alcoholism and prescription drug addiction,<ref name=Star/> and has supported many organizations, including the [[American Cancer Society]], the [[March of Dimes]], the [[YWCA]] and [[YMCA]], the [[Muscular Dystrophy Association]], and the [[NAACP]].

Mathis is a convert to [[Catholicism]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnny Mathis {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/johnny-mathis#:~:text=Born%20John%20Royce%20Mathis%20September,Religion:%20Roman%20Catholic.|access-date=August 19, 2021|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 22, 2016|title=Johnny Mathis Appreciation Society: The Beginning, with Clem, John's Father|url=http://johnnymathisappreciationsociety.blogspot.com/2016/11/johnny-mathis-appreciation-society.html|access-date=August 19, 2021|website=Johnny Mathis Appreciation Society}}</ref>

In a 1982 ''[[Us Weekly|Us]]'' magazine article,<ref name="Telegraph2002">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3584124/Sometimes-I-feel-like-a-kid-again.html 'Sometimes, I feel like a kid again'], by Michael Shelden, in ''[[the Daily Telegraph]]''; published October 14, 2002. Retrieved November 23, 2014</ref> Mathis said, "Homosexuality is a way of life that I've grown accustomed to."<ref>{{cite journal|title=  Shaking the Closet: Analyzing Johnny Mathis's Sexual Elusiveness, 1956–82|year=2010 |doi=10.1080/03007760903523468 |volume=33 |issue=5 |journal=Popular Music and Society |pages=597–623|last1 = Stephens|first1 = Vincent|s2cid=144051596 }}{{subscription required}}</ref> He later said the comment was supposed to have been off the record<ref name="heller">{{cite news |last1=Heller |first1=Karen |title=Johnny Mathis, the voice of the '50s, was always ahead of his time. Now he's ready to talk about it. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/johnny-mathis-the-voice-of-the-50s-was-always-ahead-of-his-time-now-hes-ready-to-talk-about-it/2018/08/01/7a0cdee4-73cb-11e8-b4b7-308400242c2e_story.html |access-date=July 18, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=August 2, 2018}}</ref> and did not publicly discuss his sexual orientation for many years. In 2006, Mathis said that his silence had been due to [[death threat]]s he received as a result of that 1982 article.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/398517p-337685c.html|title= Report on interview with ''the Daily Express''|newspaper= Daily News|location=New York|date= March 10, 2006|access-date = February 2, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/Johnny+Mathis-14447.html|title= Johnny Mathis In Death Threats|publisher= FemaleFirst.co.uk|date= February 26, 2006|access-date = February 2, 2007}}</ref> In April 2006, he addressed the subject again on the podcast ''The Strip'' and said his reluctance to speak about it was partly a generational issue.<ref>{{cite video|url= http://media.podshow.com/media/261/episodes/5018/thestrip-5018-04-14-2006_pshow_110633.mp3|title= Johnny Mathis|publisher= The Strip|format= .MP3|date= April 13, 2006|access-date= February 2, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080529020356/http://media.podshow.com/media/261/episodes/5018/thestrip-5018-04-14-2006_pshow_110633.mp3|archive-date= May 29, 2008|url-status= dead}}</ref> In a 2017 interview with ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'', Mathis discussed the ''Us'' magazine article and confirmed that he is gay, saying: "I come from San Francisco. It's not unusual to be gay in San Francisco. I've had some girlfriends, some boyfriends, just like most people. But I never got married, for instance. I knew that I was gay." Mathis spoke to many news sources, including CBS, about his sexuality and his [[coming out]] story.<ref>{{cite episode |series=CBS News Sunday Morning |date=May 14, 2017 |network=CBS}}</ref><ref name="heller"/>

In November 2015, Mathis returned home from a concert in [[Ohio]] to find his Hollywood house destroyed by a fire. He had owned it for 56 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abc7.com/1065602/|title=Fire tears through singer Johnny Mathis' Hollywood Hills home|first=Leanne|last=Suter|date=November 3, 2015|website=ABC7 Los Angeles}}</ref> On January 17, 2023, a series of powerful storms drenched the hillside in front of his rebuilt home in Hollywood Hills, causing the hillside's collapse and crushing a silver Jaguar with debris and mud. The landslide cut off utilities, exposing water pipes and infrastructure to the elements. The ground had given way in the 1400 block of Sunset Plaza Drive during the storm, taking out landscaping and terrain next to the home. It remained unclear at the time when Mathis, aged 87 and still performing concerts, would be able to return and reoccupy his home, as its structural stability was uncertain given surrounding terrain damage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://abc7.com/johnny-mathis-mudslide-hollywood-hills-mansion/12713894/ | title=Hillside collapses in front of Johnny Mathis' Hollywood Hills home, crushes singer's Jaguar | date=January 17, 2023 }}</ref>

The character Shy Baldwin from ''[[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel]]'' is a [[composite character]] based on several different singers, but [[Rachel Brosnahan]] said she most strongly associated Mathis with the character.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/marvelous-mrs-maisel-characters-based-on-real-people/#:~:text=6%20Marvelous%20Mrs.%20Maisel%20characters%20inspired%20by%20real,5%20Sophie%20Lennon%20...%206%20Midge%20Maisel%20 | title=6 Marvelous MRS. Maisel Characters Inspired by Real People | date=January 23, 2020 }}</ref>