Editing Marc Cohn (section)

==Personal life==
Cohn married Jennifer George on May 20, 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jennifer George, a Designer, Is Wed to Marc Cohn|date=May 21, 1988|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|page=001054}}</ref> Cohn and George had two children.<ref name=people/>

Cohn and [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] journalist [[Elizabeth Vargas]] married on July 20, 2002. The pair met at the 1999 [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Open]] after Vargas sought an interview with Cohn's friend, [[Andre Agassi]].<ref name=people/> They have two sons, Zachary (born January 31, 2003) and Samuel (born August 16, 2006).<ref name=people/> Cohn and Vargas divorced in 2014, days after Vargas came out of rehabilitation for alcoholism for a third time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/elizabeth-vargas-on-divorce-from-her-husband-marc-cohn-days-after-leaving-rehab/|author=Struhm, Emily|title=Elizabeth Vargas on 'Brutally Difficult' Split from Her Husband Marc Cohn Days After Leaving Rehab|date=September 8, 2016|website=People.com|access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref>

On August 7, 2005, Cohn was shot in the head during an attempted [[carjacking]] in [[Denver, Colorado]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/marc-cohn-shot-head-during-car-jacking-wbna8876043|title=Marc Cohn shot in head during car jacking|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=Today|date=August 8, 2005|access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name=billboard>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57072/marc-cohn-shooter-gets-36-years-in-prison|title=Marc Cohn Shooter Gets 36 Years in Prison|magazine=Billboard|date=October 3, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/09/cohn.shot/|title='Walking in Memphis' singer shot in head, survives|website=[[CNN]] |agency=[[CNN]]|date=August 9, 2005|access-date=July 21, 2019}}</ref> while on a concert tour with [[Suzanne Vega]].<ref name="AP2005">{{cite news|date=August 9, 2005|title=Police arrest man suspected of shooting Grammy winner|newspaper=Tyrone Daily Herald|location=Tyrone, PA|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5869510/marc_cohn/}}</ref> The bullet "barely missed Cohn's eye and lodged near his skull." Cohn survived and was hospitalized for observation, but was released after eight hours. According to Cohn, "Doctors told me I was the luckiest unlucky guy they had met in a long, long time."<ref name=people/> A police spokesperson surmised that the car's windshield may have significantly impeded the bullet's force, and added: "Frankly, I can't tell you how he survived."<ref name="AP2005"/> The shooter was sentenced to 36 years in prison.<ref name=billboard/>

On January 30, 2025, Cohn announced that he'd been diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] about five years earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc Cohn Has Parkinson's Disease. Here's Why He's Revealing the News 5 Years After His Diagnosis |url=https://people.com/marc-cohn-parkinsons-disease-diagnosis-8783717 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref>