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==Personal life== ===Marriages and children=== * With his first wife, Ethel Peterson Lear, daughter Mary Louise was born in January 1925. * He married his second wife, Madeline Murphy, in October 1926. Their son, William Lear Jr., was born on May 24, 1928.<ref>Pew, Glenn. [http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/bill_lear_dead_learjet_201714-1.html "Bill Lear Jr. Dead At 81."] ''Avweb'', December 18, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2011.</ref> Daughter Patti was born on June 26, 1929.{{citation needed |date=June 2022}} * Lear's third marriage, in February 1936, to Margaret Jane Radell, was childless.{{citation needed |date=June 2022}} * In 1941, Lear married his fourth wife, [[Moya Lear|Moya Marie Olsen]]. They had four children together: [[John Lear]], Shanda, David and Tina.{{citation needed |date=June 2022}} Lear had a reputation for being difficult.<ref>Close, Dan. [http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/history/article.asp?id=103 "Love Him or Hate Him. Bill Lear was a Creator".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060530094020/http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/history/article.asp?id=103 |date=May 30, 2006 }} ''The Wichita Eagle'', April 29, 1985. Retrieved July 7, 2007.</ref> Lear's son, David, and ex-daughter-in-law, Merlene, appeared in a 2013 episode of the [[A&E (TV network)|A&E]] reality show ''[[Hoarders (TV series)|Hoarders]]'', which mainly focused on Merlene.
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