Editing Gerald Edelman (section)

==Personal==
Edelman married Maxine M. Morrison in 1950.<ref name="Nobel Bio" /> They have two sons, [http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/eric-edelman.html Eric, a visual artist] in New York City, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20150723083207/http://www.sandiego.edu/cas/psy/faculty/biography.php?ID=1339 David, an adjunct professor of neuroscience] at [[University of San Diego]]. Their daughter, [http://www.judithedelman.com/news.swf Judith Edelman], is a [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] musician,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://compassrecords.com/artist/judith-edelman/|title=Judith Edelman - Compass Records|access-date=July 6, 2022|publisher=[[Compass Records]]}}</ref> recording artist, and writer. Some observers{{Who|date=March 2012}} have noted that a character in [[Richard Powers]]' ''[[The Echo Maker]]'' may be a nod at Edelman.

===Health and death===
Later in his life, he had [[prostate cancer]] and [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref name="NYTobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/science/gerald-m-edelman-nobel-laureate-and-neural-darwinist-dies-at-84.html?_r=0|title=Gerald M. Edelman, Nobel Laureate and 'Neural Darwinist,' Dies at 84|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 23, 2014|date=May 23, 2014}}</ref> Edelman died on May 17, 2014, in [[La Jolla, California]], aged 84.<ref name=natureobituary/><ref name="death">{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/may/20/gerald-edelman-dies/|title=Gerald Edelman, Nobel laureate dies|publisher=U-T San Diego.com|access-date=May 21, 2014|date=May 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=faz>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/hirnforscher-gerald-edelman-gestorben-darwins-gehirn-12946590.html |title=Hirnforscher Gerald Edelman gestorben: Darwins Gehirn |newspaper=Faz.net |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=January 18, 2019|last1=Müller-Jung |first1=Joachim }}</ref>