Farnaz Arasteh is the wife of John Philips. Farnaz Arasteh’s husband was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and promoter. He was the leader of the vocal group the Mamas & the Papas and remains frequently referred to as Papa John Phillips. Aside from writing the majority of the group’s compositions, he was also one of the chief organizers of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
Farnaz Arasteh: Bio Summary
| Full Name | Farnaz Arasteh |
| famous as | Wife of John Philips |
| Age | N/A |
| Date of Birth | N/A |
| Place of Birth | United States of America |
| Zodiac sign | N/A |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Children | N/A |
| Spouse | John Phillips (m. 1995–2001) |
Farnaz Arasteh is painter
John Phillips has been married four times. Farnaz Arasteh was the fourth and the woman he took to the altar before his death. Phillips married his fourth wife, artist Arassteh, on February 3, 1995. They tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony in the presence of their friends, family, and loved ones. At this point, Phillips appeared to have calmed down considerably, and the two lasted until he died in 2001.
Farnaz Arasteh only came into the limelight after her marriage to the famous musician. The couple were married for 6 years before they were separated by his death. Farnaz Arasteh is a painter per PEOPLE.
Before he met and married Farnaz Arasteh, Phillips was married to Susan Adams of a wealthy Virginia family on May 7, 1957. They had a son, Jeffrey, and a daughter, Mackenzie. While touring California with The Journeymen, Phillips met teenager Holly Michelle Gilliam, with whom he had an extramarital affair.
After the affair caused the dissolution of his marriage to Adams, he married Michelle on December 31, 1962, and she adopted his name and became Michelle Phillips. The couple had one child together, Chynna Phillips who became the vocalist of the 1990s pop trio Wilson Phillips. Denny Doherty and Michelle started an affair in 1965 which led to Phillips and Michelle calling their marriage a quit in May 1969.
The singer moved on quickly and married his third wife, actress and model Geneviève Waïte on January 30, 1972. The couple became parents of two children, Tamerlane and Bijou Phillips. Phillips and Waïte divorced in 1985.
Farnaz Arasteh’s husband, Phillips’ years of drug addiction resulted in health problems that required a liver transplant in 1992. Several months later, photographs of him drinking alcohol in a bar in Palm Springs, California, were published in the National Enquirer. On March 14, 1994, during his first Howard Stern Show appearance since the transplant, he said, “Occasionally I have a drink” when asked if he still drank.
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What happened to John Phillips?
The Mamas & the Papas singer spent his last years in Palm Springs, California, with Farnaz Arassteh, his fourth wife. On March 18, 2001, he died of heart failure in Los Angeles at the age of 65. The singer passed away days after completing recording sessions for a new album. He is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, near Palm Springs.
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