Editing Cliff Edwards (section)

==Personal life==
Edwards was careless with the money he made in the 1920s, always trying to sustain his expensive habits and lifestyle. He continued working during the [[Great Depression]], but never again enjoyed his former prosperity. Most of his income went to [[alimony]] for his three former wives, and paying debts, and he declared [[bankruptcy]] four times during the 1930s and early 1940s. Edwards married his first wife Gertrude (Benson) Ryrholm in 1917. Their marriage ended in divorce four years later.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cullen |first1=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFnfnKg6BcAC&dq=%22cliff+edwards%22+%22gertrude+Ryrholm%22&pg=PA347 |title=Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America |last2=Hackman |first2=Florence |last3=McNeilly |first3=Donald |date=2007 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-93853-2 |pages=347 |language=en}}</ref> He married Irene Wylie in 1923; they divorced in 1931. In 1932, he married his third and final wife, actress [[Judith Barrett]].<ref name="bh"/> They divorced in 1936.<ref name="bh">{{cite news|title=Judith Barrett Weds|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12327369/judith_barrett_marries_lindsay_howard/|work=The Brownsville Herald|agency=Associated Press|date=March 23, 1940|location=Texas, Brownsville|page=2|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = July 12, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>

As well as being a lifelong heavy tobacco smoker,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vaudeville.sites.arizona.edu/node/64|title=Cliff Edwards: The Voice of Disney's Jiminy Cricket by David Soren &#124; The American Vaudeville Museum|website=Vaudeville.sites.arizona.edu|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> Edwards also was an [[alcoholism|alcoholic]], a [[drug addiction|drug addict]] and a [[gambling|gambler]] for much of his career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/disneys-forgotten-genius-26384275.html|title=Disney's forgotten genius|website=Independent.ie|date=12 May 2006 |access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Cliff Edwards Grave.JPG|thumb|200px|Grave of Cliff Edwards at Valhalla Memorial Park]]