Editing David Soul (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:DavidSoul 2013.jpg|thumb|Soul in 2013]]
Soul was married five times and had five sons and a daughter.<ref name=":10" />

In 1964, Soul married Miriam "Mim" Russeth. The couple had one child before divorcing in 1965.<ref name="guardobit" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 5, 2024 |title=David Soul, actor and singer who shot to fame around the world in Starsky and Hutch – obituary |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-soul/bio/3000000446/ |access-date=May 8, 2024 |publisher=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/01/05/david-soul-actor-singer-starsky-and-hutch-died-obituary/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |work=[[Telegraph.co.uk]] |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |title=David Soul, actor and singer who shot to fame around the world in Starsky and Hutch – obituary |date=January 5, 2024 |last1=Obituaries |first1=Telegraph }}</ref>

Soul's second marriage was to actress Karen Carlson. They married in 1968, after they met on the set of the television series ''Here Come the Brides'' in which Carlson had a role.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=March 5, 1978 |title=Karen survives Hollywood style |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/211245325/ |work=The Times |via=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> They had a son together, Jon-Kristjian, before the couple divorced in 1977.<ref name=":1" />

During the years he was filming ''Starsky & Hutch,'' Soul had an open relationship with actress [[Lynne Marta]], who died seven days after him.<ref name="People">{{cite web |last1=Darrach |first1=Brad |last2=Diliberto |first2=Gioia |date=April 18, 1983 |title=The Souls' Dark Night |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084767,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063337/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084767,00.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=October 30, 2010 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

In 1980, three years after his second divorce, Soul married Patti Carnel-Sherman, ex-wife of [[Bobby Sherman]].<ref name="guardobit" /> Soul was ordered to attend therapy classes for alcoholism and anger management after attacking her when she was seven months pregnant with his child.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1419225/David-Soul-talks-of-guilt-after-beating-his-wife.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1419225/David-Soul-talks-of-guilt-after-beating-his-wife.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=David Soul talks of guilt after beating his wife|website=The Telegraph|first=Sarah|last=Womack|date=January 18, 2003|access-date=February 14, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="guardobit" /> Soul was step-father to Carnel-Sherman's children. The couple divorced in 1986.<ref name="guardobit" />

A year later In 1987, Soul married Singaporean-American actress [[Julia Nickson]].<ref name="aged 80"/> They had a daughter, [[China Soul]], who is a singer-songwriter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2010/09/10/fame-presents-china-soul/ |title=Fame Magazine September 2010 |publisher=Famemagazine.co.uk |date=September 10, 2010 |accessdate=October 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004155329/http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2010/09/10/fame-presents-china-soul/ |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nickson urged Soul to seek help for his excessive drinking, persuading him to enter a rehabilitation facility in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 7, 1993 |title=Soul destroying for David as 'baby' gives up on him |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/21125/soul-destroying-david-baby-gives-him |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref>

Soul married his fifth wife, Helen Snell in 2010.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title='The day that changed my life' |url=https://www.davidsoul.com/the-day-that-changed-my-life/ |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=www.davidsoul.com |language=en-US}}</ref> They had started a relationship in 2002 while working on the British stage production of ''[[Deathtrap (play)|Deathtrap]]''.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last1=Clarke |first1=Naomi |last2=McLaughlin |first2=Charlotte |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Ben Stiller leads tributes to Starsky & Hutch star David Soul after his death |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/ben-stiller-leads-tributes-starsky-174849303.html |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=[[Yahoo News]] |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/view/31427/Interview-David-and-China-Soul-/ |title=OK! Magazine: First For Celebrity News :: Lifestyle :: Interview: David and China Soul |publisher=Ok.co.uk |date=January 25, 2011 |access-date=January 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228194612/http://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/view/31427/Interview-David-and-China-Soul- |archive-date=February 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

In 2004, Soul obtained [[British citizenship]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090530145346/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/david-soul-my-home-is-where-my-art-is-535323.html David Soul: My home is where my art is]. ''[[The Independent]],'' October 20, 2004.</ref>

Soul was a three-pack-a-day cigarette smoker for 50 years.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=McBride |first=Jessica |date=January 5, 2024 |title='Starsky & Hutch' Actor Died After 'Valiant Battle for Life,' Lung Condition |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/david-soul-dead-cause-of-death/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=[[Heavy.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Although he had stopped smoking ten years prior to his death, he was seriously affected by [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease|COPD]] and had also had a lung removed due to cancer.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Larkin |first=Lilly |date=January 6, 2024 |title=David Soul's demise stirs online world: death details emerge |url=https://thethaiger.com/world/news/589296/ |access-date=January 11, 2024 |website=[[The Thaiger]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Soul died in London on January 4, 2024, at age 80.<ref name="aged 80">{{Cite web|first1=Charlotte|last1=Gallagher|first2=Mark|last2=Savage|title=David Soul: Starsky & Hutch actor dies aged 80|date=January 5, 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679|access-date=January 5, 2024|website=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>