Janet Planet: Who is Van Morrison’s first wife?

Janet Planet was the first wife of Van Morrison, who is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards.

Who is Van Morrison’s first wife?

Janet Planet married Van Morrison around the late 1960s.  Morrison and his wife moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he found work performing in local clubs. The couple had one daughter in 1970, Shana Morrison, who has become a singer-songwriter.

The couple divorced in 1973. Their daughter Morrison sang in musicals and choirs in high school and college. After graduating with a business degree from Pepperdine University in 1993, she went on the road touring with her father and his band for a year.