Personal Biography
Caperton has been married three times. Caperton and his first wife, Ella Dee Caperton (born Ella Kessel, Miss West Virginia 1964) divorced in 1990 during his first term, and she later unsuccessfully ran in the election for state treasurer. With Dee he had two boys, William Gaston Caperton, IV, ("Gat") and John Caperton. Both sons are married and living with their own families ("Gat" in West Virginia and John in California). Dee died in France on September 1, 2000.
His second wife was the Musical Director/ Conductor of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Rachael Worby. She and Caperton divorced in 1998.
In 2003, he married his third wife Idit Harel Caperton, an Israeli, MIT PhD, education technology expert, mother of three, and the Founder and CEO of MaMaMedia. Gaston and Idit Caperton live and work in New York City.
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