Editing Jonathan Winters (section)

==Personal life==
Jonathan and Eileen Winters had two children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Jonathan Winters, Unpredictable Comic and Master of Improvisation, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/arts/television/jonathan-winters-comedian-dies-at-87.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 12, 2013 |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref>

In his interview with the [[Archive of American Television]], Winters reported that he spent eight months in a private [[psychiatric hospital]] in 1959 and again in 1961. The comic suffered from [[Major depressive episode|nervous breakdowns]] and [[bipolar disorder]].<ref name="Post obit" /> With unprecedented frenetic energy, Winters made obscure references to his illness and hospitalization during his [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up routines]], most famously on his 1960 comedy album, ''[[The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters]]''. During his classic "flying saucer" routine, Winters casually mentions that if he was not careful, the authorities might put him back in the "zoo", referring to the institution.

"These voices are always screaming to get out," Winters told the ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]''. "They follow me around pretty much all day and night." Winters could use his talents in [[voice-over]] roles. A devotee of [[Groucho Marx]] and [[Laurel and Hardy]], Winters once claimed, "I've done for the most part pretty much what I intended." He told ''[[U.S. News & World Report|U.S. News]]'', "I ended up doing comedy, writing, and painting.... I've had a ball, and as I get older I just become an older kid."<ref name="Huffingtonpost obit" />

Winters lived near [[Santa Barbara, California]], and was often seen browsing or "hamming" for the crowd at the [[antique]] and [[Gun shows in the United States|gun shows]] on the [[Ventura County Fair|Ventura County fairgrounds]]. He often entertained the tellers and other employees whenever he visited his local bank to make a deposit or withdrawal. Additionally, he spent his time painting and attended many [[art museum|gallery showings]], even presenting his art in one-man shows.

On January 11, 2009, Winters's wife of more than 60 years, Eileen, died at the age of 84 after a 20-year battle with [[breast cancer]].<ref>[http://www.mccrearyrecord.com/opinion/local_story_013141453.html?keyword=secondarystory Write On: "Behind Every Great Man..."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202203844/http://www.mccrearyrecord.com/opinion/local_story_013141453.html?keyword=secondarystory |date=February 2, 2009 }}, ''McCreary County Record'', January 13, 2009</ref>