Dr. John was hitched twice and told the New York Times that he had “a great deal” of youngsters.

On June 6, 2019, Dr. John passed on of a coronary episode. His family declared through his long-term marketing specialist Karen Dalton Beninato that he kicked the bucket at break of day, and “He made a one of a kind mix of music which conveyed his old neighborhood, New Orleans, at its heart, as it was consistently in his heart.”