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===Family=== Dave Brubeck married jazz lyricist Iola Whitlock in September 1942; the couple were married for 70 years, until his death in 2012. Iola died at age 90 on March 12, 2014, from cancer in [[Wilton, Connecticut]].<ref>Sauro, Tony (March 13, 2014), [http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140313/A_NEWS/403130326 "Iola Brubeck, 1923-2014: Her words helped make music sing"], recordnet.com. Retrieved March 14, 2014. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205004035/https://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20140313%2FA_NEWS%2F403130326 |date=December 5, 2019 }}.</ref><ref name="Starr2009">{{cite book|first=Kevin|last=Starr|title=Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance 1950β1963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWy4TexzsScC&pg=PA393|access-date=December 11, 2012|date=September 10, 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-515377-4|pages=393β}}</ref> Brubeck and Iola had six children, including a daughter, Catherine. Four of their sons became professional musicians. The eldest, [[Darius Brubeck|Darius]], named after Brubeck's mentor Darius Milhaud, is a pianist, producer, educator and performer.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/brubeck/theMan/darius.htm|work=Rediscovering Dave Brubeck|title=Darius Brubeck β Piano|access-date=March 14, 2011}}</ref> Dan is a percussionist, [[Chris Brubeck|Chris]] is a multi-instrumentalist and composer, and [[Matt Brubeck|Matthew]], the youngest, is a [[cellist]], with an extensive list of composing and performance credits. Another son, Michael, died in 2009.<ref name=washpost>{{cite news|title=Dave Brubeck, worldwide ambassador of jazz, dies at 91|work=washingtonpost.com|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dave-brubeck-worldwide-ambassador-of-jazz-dies-at-91/2012/12/05/a9fa70e4-3959-11e0-bb8c-90acdd319fdd_story_2.html|date=December 6, 2012|access-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name=nytimes/> Brubeck's children often joined him in concerts and in the recording studio.
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