Editing Jon Anderson (section)

==Personal life==
===Family===
Anderson married Jennifer Baker on 22 December 1969;{{sfn|Hedges|1982|p=37}} they divorced in 1995. They have three children, including [[Deborah Anderson|Deborah]] and [[Jade Anderson|Jade]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://akas.imdb.com/name/nm2935964/ |title=Deborah Anderson |access-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919090007/http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm2935964/ |archive-date=19 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://akas.imdb.com/name/nm2935500/ |title=Damion Anderson |access-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919085038/http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm2935500/ |archive-date=19 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://akas.imdb.com/name/nm2554889/ |title=Jade Anderson |access-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919085921/http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm2554889/ |archive-date=19 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myspace.com/deborahandersonmusic |title=Deborah Anderson &#124; Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos |website=Myspace.com |access-date=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deborahandersonphoto.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306081455/http://www.deborahandersonphoto.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=6 March 2007 |title=Deborah Anderson Photography |website=Deborahandersonphoto.com |access-date=16 July 2014}}</ref>

In 1997, Anderson married American Jane Luttenberger.<ref>[http://www.jonanderson.com/middle_timeline_right_90s.htm middle_timeline_right_90s] ''www.jonanderson.com'' {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219031950/http://www.jonanderson.com/middle_timeline_right_90s.htm |date=19 December 2010 }}</ref> Yes drummer [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]] was his best man at the ceremony.<ref name=azcentral>{{cite news|url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/08/24/jon-anderson-interview-yes-50-years-solo-music/1066291002/|title=Jon Anderson reflects on 50 years of Yes, new solo music, Spinal Tap and more|first=Ed|last=Masley|newspaper=[[Arizona Republic]]|date=24 August 2018|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref> In 2009, Anderson became an [[American citizen]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Smyers |first=Darryl |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2012/02/former_yes_lead_singer_jon_and.php |title=Jon Anderson on Obama, Radiohead and Yes &#124; Dallas Observer |website=Blogs.dallasobserver.com |date=28 February 2012 |access-date=16 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vintagerock.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1366:jon-anderson--july-6-2012--coach-house--san-juan-capistrano-ca-concert-review|title=Jon Anderson|website=Vintagerock.com}}</ref>

His goddaughter was Ariane Forster, better known as [[Ari Up]], lead singer of [[the Slits]].<ref name=NYT-20101022>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Ari Up, a Founder of the Slits Punk Band, Dies at 48|first=Colin|last=Moynihan|date=22 October 2010|access-date=22 October 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/arts/music/22ariup.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110921032623/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/arts/music/22ariup.html| archive-date=21 September 2011| url-status=live}}</ref>

He is a supporter of [[Manchester United Football Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-prog-interview-jon-anderson|title="I wanted to record Topographic Oceans in this beautiful bluebell wood in Berkshire." Inside the mind of Jon Anderson|website=Louder|author=Mark Blake|date=26 June 2015|access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref>

===Health and spirituality===
Anderson was a smoker in the 1960s and 1970s and once tried [[cocaine]], but "didn't like it."<ref name=loudersep2016/> He now lives a healthier lifestyle, particularly in his later life, with vitamin supplements and meditation.<ref name=loudersep2016/> In the mid-1970s, Anderson became a vegetarian, as did most members of Yes; however, in an interview he stated, "I was a veggie for a while, but again I grew out of that. But I do eat very healthy."<ref name="JGinterview">{{cite web | last = James| first = Gary | title = Interview with Jon Anderson of Yes | website = ClassicBands.com | url = http://www.classicbands.com/JonAndersonInterview.html| access-date =24 January 2008 }}</ref> In a 16 August 2006 interview on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'', Anderson said he eats meat, mostly fish, on occasion. In the interview, he also stated he had a spiritual adviser that "helped him see into the [[Four-dimensional space|fourth dimension]]". Before live performances, he often meditates in a tent with [[Crystal gazing|crystal]]s and [[dreamcatcher]]s, a practice he started in the 1980s. Anderson's religious beliefs are [[Syncretism|syncretic]] and varied,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2003/09/26/features/story2.html | title=Positive on Rock | newspaper=[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]] | date=26 September 2003 | access-date=26 November 2012 | author=Ryan, Tim}}</ref> including respect for the Divine Mother Audrey Kitagawa.<ref name="jonanderson.com"/>

On 13 May 2008, Anderson suffered a severe [[asthma attack]] which required a stay in hospital. According to Yes' website, he was later "at home and resting comfortably."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yesworld.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524232128/http://yesworld.com/|title=YES World: Official website for the Prog Rock band YES|archive-date=24 May 2008|website=Yesworld}}</ref> Yes' planned summer 2008 tour was subsequently cancelled, with the press release saying, "Jon Anderson was admitted to the hospital last month after suffering a severe asthma attack. He was diagnosed with acute respiratory failure and was told by doctors to rest and not work for a period of at least six months."<ref>[http://www.yesworld.com/ywtour-2008-update.html YES Cancels 40th Anniversary Tour] ''www.yesworld.com'' {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913044330/http://www.yesworld.com/ywtour-2008-update.html |date=13 September 2008 }}</ref> Further health problems continued through 2008, resulting in Yes permanently replacing Anderson with vocalists [[Benoit David|Benoît David]] (2009–2012) and [[Jon Davison]] (2012–present). In September 2008, Anderson wrote that he's "so much better...so grateful and so blessed...I look forward to 2009 for the "Great Work" to come."<ref name="jonanderson.com">{{cite web |url=http://jonanderson.com/news.html |title=News – Jon Anderson Online |website=Jonanderson.com |access-date=16 July 2014 |archive-date=25 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625024659/http://jonanderson.com/news.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He started singing again in early 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/leisure/boltonmusic/bandinterviews/4521981.Yes___Jon_s_Back_/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613190223/http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/leisure/boltonmusic/bandinterviews/4521981.Yes___Jon_s_Back_/ |archive-date=13 June 2010 |title=Yes – Jon's Back! (From The Bolton News) |date=31 July 2009 |access-date=16 July 2014}}</ref> He returned to touring (solo) that year, performing along with [[Peter Machajdík]] and an ensemble of Slovakian musicians on Tribute To Freedom, an event to commemorate the [[fall of the Iron Curtain]] in former Czechoslovakia at [[Devin Castle]] near [[Bratislava]], Slovakia, and continued touring in 2010 and the autumn of 2011, with [[Rick Wakeman]] for a UK tour (2010) and the eastern US (2011).<ref name="jonanderson.com"/>

=== Honours ===
On 14 May 2021, asteroid [[48886 Jonanderson]], discovered by astronomers with the [[OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey]] in France, was {{MoMP|48886|named}} in his honour.<ref name="WGSBN-Bulletin-Archive">{{cite web|title=WGSBN Bulletin Archive|work=Working Group Small Body Nomenclature|date=14 May 2021|url = https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/index.html|accessdate=16 May 2021}} ([https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/V001/WGSBNBull_V001_001.pdf Bulletin #1])</ref>