Editing James Doohan (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:James Doohan Actor.jpg|thumb|292x292px|Doohan giving a speech]]
Doohan was married three times and had seven children, four of them{{mdash}}including [[Chris Doohan|Christopher]]{{mdash}}with his first wife Janet Young, whom he divorced in 1964. His marriage to Anita Yagel in 1967–72 produced no children. In early 1974, he was introduced to 17-year-old fan Wende Braunberger at a theatre performance. They were married that same year, when he was 54 and she was 18, on October 12, 1974. ''Star Trek'' guest actor [[William Campbell (film actor)|William Campbell]] served as [[best man]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Wende and James Doohan Marriage Profile | url = http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/jamesdoohan.htm | access-date = June 26, 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120210053238/http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/jamesdoohan.htm | archive-date = February 10, 2012 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Doohan and Braunberger had three children: Eric, Thomas, and Sarah in April 2000, around his 80th birthday.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/630883.stm |title=ENTERTAINMENT &#124; Scotty to beam up a baby |work=BBC News |date=2000-02-04 |access-date=2018-10-06}}</ref><ref name=Sarah>{{cite web|title=Sarah's dad age 80|website=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/NewsArchive/MainPage.aspx|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510100810/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/NewsArchive/MainPage.aspx#?SearchText=james%20doohan&Display=&start=0&num=10|archive-date=May 10, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In his later years, Doohan had a multitude of health problems partially from his lifestyle, which included prodigious alcohol consumption, and partially from injuries sustained during World War II. These included [[diabetes]], [[liver cirrhosis]], [[osteoarthritis]], [[high blood pressure]], and [[hearing loss]]. In July 2004, his suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]] and [[Parkinson's disease]] caused him to withdraw from public life.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3873045.stm|title=Star Trek Scotty has Alzheimer's|work=BBC News|date=July 7, 2004|access-date=February 6, 2007}}</ref>

His sons Montgomery and Christopher appeared in ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' (1979). Christopher also appeared in the [[J. J. Abrams]] reboot ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'' (2009). [[Simon Pegg]], who played Scotty in the film, invited Chris and his family to the premiere.<ref name=Chris>{{cite web|title=Christopher Doohan had a credited cameo on Into Darkness and now plays Scotty in the award winning web series, Star Trek Continues|url=http://trekweb.com/articles/2013/02/25/EXCLUSIVE-Actor-Chris-Doohan-on-Playing-Scotty-on-Star-Trek-Continues-Web-Series-and-His-Cameo-on-Star-Trek-Into-Darkness.shtml|access-date=May 15, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501075028/http://trekweb.com/articles/2013/02/25/EXCLUSIVE-Actor-Chris-Doohan-on-Playing-Scotty-on-Star-Trek-Continues-Web-Series-and-His-Cameo-on-Star-Trek-Into-Darkness.shtml|archive-date=May 1, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> For ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'' in 2012, fans campaigned for Christopher Doohan<ref name="bringbackDoohan">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bring-Back-Christopher-Doohan-for-Star-Trek-XII/172636049510690?sk=wall |title=Bring Back Christopher Doohan for 'Star Trek XII' |author=Star Trek Fans |date=January 17, 2012 |work=Variety |access-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> gaining him a credited cameo in the transporter room.<ref name=cameo>{{cite web|title=Chris cameo Into Darkness|url=http://trekmovie.com/2013/04/22/interview-chris-doohan-on-returning-to-transporter-room-for-star-trek-into-darkness/|access-date=May 15, 2013}}</ref> Chris Doohan played Scotty in the award-winning web series ''[[Star Trek Continues]]''.<ref name=Chris/>