Editing Rick Springfield (section)

==Personal life==
When Springfield was 17, he attempted suicide by hanging himself.<ref name="Fox 2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rick-springfield-admits-he-recently-considered-suicide-in-new-interview/|title=Rick Springfield admits he recently considered suicide in new interview|author=<!--Not stated-->|work=[[Fox News]]|location=[[New York City]]|date=12 January 2018|access-date=3 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202125343/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/01/12/rick-springfield-admits-recently-considered-suicide-in-new-interview.html|archive-date=2 February 2018}}</ref> "I hang suspended for fifteen or twenty seconds and am just sliding into unconsciousness when the knot tying the rope to the beam somehow unravels. I'm slammed hard to the concrete floor, rather the worse for wear."<ref name="EW 2010">{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2010/10/12/rick-springfield-memoir-review/|title=Rick Springfield's icky new memoir: we read it so you don't have to|author=<!--Not stated-->|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]]|location=[[New York City]]|date=12 October 2010|access-date=3 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204124058/http://ew.com/article/2010/10/12/rick-springfield-memoir-review/|archive-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> Springfield has been dealing with [[depression (mood)|depression]] for several decades. "I want them to have hope ... and know that the moment will pass," Springfield said in an exclusive interview with [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]' [[Paula Faris]]. "I'm an example of the moment passing, because I've been there a couple of times, and haven't ... for want of a better phrase, pulled the trigger."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/rick-springfield-people-contemplating-suicide-moment-pass/story?id=52359788|title=Rick Springfield says he wants people contemplating suicide to 'know that the moment will pass'|first=Catherine|last=Thorbecke|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|location=[[New York City]]|date=16 January 2018|access-date=3 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203034421/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/rick-springfield-people-contemplating-suicide-moment-pass/story?id=52359788|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref>

From late 1974 to early 1976, Springfield was in a romantic relationship with actress [[Linda Blair]], beginning when she was 15 and he was 25.<ref name="EW 2010"/>

On 24 April 1981, his father, Norman James Springthorpe, died.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1981-04-27 |title=Obituary for Norman SPRINGTHORPE |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-age-obituary-for-norman-springthorpe/57011613/?locale=en-AU |access-date=2024-08-30 |work=The Age |pages=25}}</ref>

In October 1984, Springfield married his girlfriend, Barbara Porter, at his family's church in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soapcentral.com/gh/theactors/springfield_rick.php |title=About GH: About the Actors &#124; Rick Springfield &#124; General Hospital |website=Soapcentral.com |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517082008/http://soapcentral.com/gh/theactors/springfield_rick.php |archive-date=17 May 2016 }}</ref> They had met several years earlier when Springfield was recording ''Working Class Dog'' and she was working as the recording studio receptionist. They have two sons, Liam (born 1985) and Joshua (born 1989).<ref name="BIO1"/> In 1985, when his first son was born and after the release of his ''[[Tao (album)|Tao]]'' album, Springfield took a break from his musical career to spend more time with his family and to deal with the depression that had affected him since his adolescence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/american-tv-icon-rick-springfield |title=American TV Icon: Rick Springfield |publisher=[[Fox News]] |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022181524/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318530,00.html |archive-date=22 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>Radio 94.5 "The Buzz" {{cite web|url=http://rickspringfieldfans.com/multimedia/audio/thebuzz.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909053621/http://rickspringfieldfans.com/multimedia/audio/thebuzz.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 September 2006 |title=Interview |access-date=14 February 2013 }}</ref>

At a concert at the [[House of Blues]] in Orlando, Florida, on 2 March 2006, Springfield announced he had become a [[US citizen]].<ref>Hilbern, Brian. (2006) ''Rick Springfield Live at the House of Blues Orlando'', Recorded 2 March 2006.</ref>

In January 2018, Springfield stated in an interview that he contemplated suicide in 2017. "Last year I was close to it, really close to it," explained Springfield on how he considered killing himself. "When [[Robin Williams]] and [[Chester Bennington|Chester]] (Bennington) and [[Chris Cornell]] and those guys... I didn't go, 'Oh that's terrible.' I went, 'I get it.' I get being that lost and dark."<ref name="Fox 2018"/>

He practices [[Transcendental Meditation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-herald.com/2021/12/08/ahead-of-mgm-northfield-center-stage-show-rocker-actor-rick-springfield-talks-about-his-40-year-career-meditation-and-the-beatles|title=Ahead of MGM Northfield Center Stage show, rocker-actor Rick Springfield talks about his 40-year career, meditation and The Beatles|date=8 December 2021|access-date=9 December 2021|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209175510/https://www.news-herald.com/2021/12/08/ahead-of-mgm-northfield-center-stage-show-rocker-actor-rick-springfield-talks-about-his-40-year-career-meditation-and-the-beatles/|url-status=live}}</ref> Springfield is a [[Pescetarianism|pescetarian]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023|title=5 Ways Rick Springfield Stays Fit at 73|url=https://www.eatthis.com/rick-springfield-fit/|website=Eat This|language=en-GB|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107001022/https://www.eatthis.com/rick-springfield-fit/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Memoir===
Springfield's autobiography ''Late, Late at Night: A Memoir'' ({{ISBN|978-1-4391-9115-6}}) was released in 2010. In October, it peaked at No. 13 on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2010-10-31/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html|title=NYT BestSellers list October 24, 2010 through November 7, 2010|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2016-04-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307005202/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2010-10-31/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html|archive-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> In May 2014, Springfield published ''Magnificent Vibration'': a novel, which also made ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list.

In August 2012, ''Late, Late at Night'' was named No. 23 of "The 25 Great Rock Memoirs of All Time" by ''Rolling Stone''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-25-greatest-rock-memoirs-of-all-time-20120813/rick-springfield-late-late-at-night-2010-19691231 |title=The 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time: Rick Springfield_ 'Late Late At Night' (2010) |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816230622/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-25-greatest-rock-memoirs-of-all-time-20120813/rick-springfield-late-late-at-night-2010-19691231 |archive-date=16 August 2012 }}</ref>