Editing Jack Eckerd (section)

==Family and death==
Eckerd's family included seven children—two from a previous marriage, plus three adopted and two of his own after his marriage to Ruth Eckerd (1922 – July 18, 2006).<ref name=Basse&Fleming>{{cite news |title=Philanthropist of grace and style |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=20 July 2006 |author1=Basse, Craig |author2=John Fleming |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/1080593561.html?dids=1080593561:1080593561&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+20%2C+2006&author=CRAIG+BASSE%2C+JOHN+FLEMING&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=1.A&desc=Philanthropist+of+grace+and+style |access-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313181419/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/1080593561.html?dids=1080593561:1080593561&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+20%2C+2006&author=CRAIG+BASSE%2C+JOHN+FLEMING&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=1.A&desc=Philanthropist+of+grace+and+style |archive-date=13 March 2007 }}</ref> He died of [[pneumonia]] in 2004, aged 91.<ref name=Basse>{{cite news |title=Drugstore magnate Jack Eckerd dead at 91 |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=19 May 2004 |access-date=18 April 2022 |author=Basse, Craig |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/19/Tampabay/Drugstore_magnate_Jac.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624234832/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/19/Tampabay/Drugstore_magnate_Jac.shtml |archive-date=24 June 2004 }}</ref><ref name=Silva&Kennedy>{{cite news |title=J. Eckerd, 91, built drugstore chain |author1=Silva, Mark |author2=John Kennedy |date=20 May 2004 |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-eckerd20may20-story.html}}</ref>