Editing Ray Mabus (section)

==Personal life==
Mabus married Julie Hines, the daughter of a Jackson banker, in 1987, shortly before he ran for governor. Some observers speculated that the marriage was meant to improve his image before the campaign. They had two daughters together.<ref name= holland>{{cite news| last = Holland| first = Gina| title = Mabus focuses on parenting, not politics| newspaper = The Greenwood Commonwealth| agency = Associated Press| page = 4| date = July 17, 2000| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108821958/ray-mabus-divorce/| access-date = September 2, 2022| archive-date = September 2, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220902233638/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108821958/ray-mabus-divorce/| url-status = live}}</ref> They divorced in 2000,{{sfn|Sansing|2016|p=230}} with the separation proceedings and the following custody dispute over their children marked by bitterness. A Hinds County court ultimately granted Mabus shared custody with the children.<ref name= holland/> He married Lynne Horecky in 2007.{{sfn|Sansing|2016|p=230}}

Mabus is a fan of the [[Boston Red Sox]] having first followed the team during the [[1975 World Series]] while a student at [[Harvard Law School]].<ref name=noahs>{{cite magazine|last1=Shachtman|first1=Noah|title=How the Navy's Incompetence Sank the 'Green Fleet'|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/07/green-fleet/all/|magazine=Wired|date=July 17, 2012|access-date=March 11, 2017|archive-date=February 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224192511/https://www.wired.com/2012/07/green-fleet/all/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During his tenure as Navy Secretary, he threw [[ceremonial first pitch]]es at all 30 major league baseball parks in the United States, the only person ever believed to have done so.<ref name= montgomery/>

===Acting===
In 2009, and again in 2014, Mabus made [[cameo appearance]]s on the TV drama ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' in the Season 7 episode "[[NCIS (season 7)#ep147|Child's Play]]", and in the Season 12 episode "[[NCIS (season 12)#266|Semper Fortis]]", as an [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service|NCIS Agent]] named "Ray".<ref name="NCIS">{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2009/11/09/Ray-Mabus-to-guest-star-on-NCIS/UPI-53571257810519/|title=Ray Mabus to guest star on 'NCIS'|date=November 9, 2009|access-date=March 17, 2012|publisher=United Press International|archive-date=June 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611224757/http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2009/11/09/Ray-Mabus-to-guest-star-on-NCIS/UPI-53571257810519|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, he appeared in the movie ''[[Battleship (film)|Battleship]]'' as the commanding officer of the {{USS|Ronald Reagan}}.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-05-18/navy-wanted-slimmer-sailor-for-role-in-battleship-movie#xj4y7vzkg| title = Navy Wanted Slimmer Sailor For Role in 'Battleship' Movie| last = Capaccio| first = Tony| date = May 18, 2012| website = Bloomberg News| access-date = September 7, 2022| archive-date = March 25, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160325234851/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-05-18/navy-wanted-slimmer-sailor-for-role-in-battleship-movie#xj4y7vzkg| url-status = live}}</ref> Mabus made a cameo appearance as himself in the "It's Not a Rumor" episode of the TV series ''[[The Last Ship (TV series)|The Last Ship]]'', issuing orders to the crew of the ''Nathan James'' via a recorded message; in the storyline, by the time the ship received the orders, Mabus had succumbed to the "Red Flu" virus.<ref>{{cite web|title = San Diego stars in TNT's 'Last Ship'|url = http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/apr/22/last-ship-tnt-sandiego-williamplawrence/|website = The San Diego Union-Tribune|date = April 23, 2015|access-date = January 3, 2016|archive-date = January 25, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160125221409/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/apr/22/last-ship-tnt-sandiego-williamplawrence/|url-status = live}}</ref>