Daniel Ellsberg - Personal Life

Personal Life

Ellsberg has been married twice. His first marriage, to Carol Cummings, the daughter of a Marine Corps Brigadier General, lasted 13 years before ending in divorce (at her request, as he has stated in his memoirs titled "Secrets"). Two children (Robert and Mary) were born of this marriage. In 1970, he married Patricia Marx (daughter of toy maker Louis Marx), whom he had dated earlier; they have one son, Michael Ellsberg, who is an author and journalist.

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