Kenny Rogers

==Personal life==
At Beaver Dam Farms, a former estate in [[Colbert, Georgia]], Rogers kept a pet goat named Smitty.<ref name="Hudson">{{cite news |url= https://bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/05/26/kenny-rogers-former-athens-estate-to-be-auctioned.html|title= Kenny Rogers's Former Athens Estate to be Auctioned|first=Phil W.|last= Hudson|publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|date=May 26, 2016|access-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> He originally acquired the animal from a friend in 2008. According to Rogers, the goat was "(his) center", providing a calming influence after long and stressful touring schedules.<ref>{{cite book |title=Luck or Something Like It: A Memoir |url=https://archive.org/details/luckorsomethingl0000roge |url-access=registration |last=Rogers |first=Kenny |year=2012 |location= New York City|publisher=[[William Morrow Paperbacks]] |isbn=978-0-0620-7161-3 }}</ref>

===Marriages===
Rogers was married five times and had five children. His first marriage was to Janice Gordon on May 15, 1958; they divorced in April 1960 with one child, Carole Lynne.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.contactmusic.com/kenny-rogers/news/kenny-rogers-is-estranged-from-first-child_3312542 |title=Kenny Rogers Is Estranged From First Child |date=October 6, 2012 |access-date=April 7, 2017 |work=[[contactmusic.com]]}}</ref> He married his second wife, Jean, in October 1960 and divorced her in 1963. His third marriage was to Margo Anderson in October 1963; they divorced in 1975, with one child.<ref name=virginian>{{cite web |url= http://pilotonline.com/entertainment/music/kenny-rogers-says-farewell-to-the-road/article_541300b2-4f2a-57e2-ac6e-9e49237de91a.html |title=Kenny Rogers says farewell to the road |author=Ollison, Rashod |date=December 5, 2016 |access-date= April 7, 2017 |work=[[The Virginian-Pilot]]}}</ref> He married his fourth wife, actress [[Marianne Gordon]], on October 1, 1977, and they divorced in 1993, with one son, Christopher.<ref name= virginian /> His fifth marriage was to Wanda Miller on June 1, 1997. They had twin sons and were married for 22 years until his death.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://countryfancast.com/kenny-rogers-wife-wanda-miller-rogers/ | title= Meet Kenny Rogers's Wife, Wanda Miller | website=Countryfancast.com| date= August 25, 2022 }}</ref>

===Health decline and death===

Rogers's seven-decade career wound down in 2017, as he encountered health problems that included a diagnosis of  [[bladder cancer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/kenny-rogers-pop-country-singer-of-the-gambler-who-dominated-1970s-music-charts-dies-at-81/|title=Kenny Rogers, pop-country singer of 'The Gambler' who dominated 1970s music charts, dies at 81|date=March 21, 2020|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=August 9, 2021}}</ref>  On March 20, 2020, Rogers died at the age of 81, while under hospice care at his home in [[Sandy Springs, Georgia]].<ref name="Hall">{{cite news| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/actor-singer-gambler-kenny-rogers-dies-81-69724237|title=Actor, singer, 'The Gambler': Kenny Rogers dies at 81|first=Kristin M.|last=Hall|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[ABC News]]|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|location=New York City|date=March 21, 2020| access-date=March 21, 2020|url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321070158/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/actor-singer-gambler-kenny-rogers-dies-81-69724237| archive-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Farmer">{{cite news |url= https://wuft.org/nation-world/2020/03/21/country-music-legend-kenny-rogers-dies-at-81| title= Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers Dies at 81| first= Blake| last= Farmer|publisher=[[WUFT (TV)|WUFT]] | location=Gainesville, Florida|date=March 21, 2020|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref>  He is interred in [[Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)|Oakland Cemetery]] in [[Atlanta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11alive.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/the-a-scene/kenny-rogers-will-be-buried-at-oakland-cemetery-more-than-a-year-after-his-death/85-55e63ed0-2024-4481-9f19-68a9bebb4386 |title=Country legend Kenny Rogers will be buried at Oakland Cemetery more than a year after his death |date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=August 8, 2021 |work=[[WXIA-TV]]}}</ref>