Editing Humphrey Bogart (section)

== Personal life ==

=== Children ===
Bogart became a father at age 49, when Bacall gave birth to their son [[Stephen Humphrey Bogart]] on January 6, 1949, during the filming of ''Tokyo Joe''.<ref name="Bacall" /> The name was taken from Steve, Bogart's character's nickname in ''To Have and Have Not''.<ref>Sperber and Lax 1997, p. 422.</ref> Stephen became an author and biographer and hosted a television special about his father on [[Turner Classic Movies]]. The couple's second child and daughter, Leslie Howard Bogart, was born on August 23, 1952. Her first and middle names honor [[Leslie Howard]], Bogart's friend and co-star in ''The Petrified Forest''.<ref name="shickelbook" /><ref name="Bacall" />

=== Rat Pack ===
Bogart was a founding member and the original leader of the Hollywood [[Rat Pack]]. In the spring of 1955, after a long party in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] attended by [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Judy Garland]] and her husband [[Sidney Luft]], [[Michael Romanoff]] and his wife Gloria, [[David Niven]], [[Angie Dickinson]] and others, Bacall surveyed the wreckage and said: "You look like a goddamn rat pack."<ref name="sperber p. 504.">Sperber and Lax 1997, p. 504.</ref>

The name stuck and was made official at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills. Sinatra was dubbed pack president; Bacall den mother; Bogart director of public relations, and Sid Luft acting cage manager.<ref name="sperber p. 430.">Sperber and Lax 1997, p. 430.</ref> Asked by columnist [[Earl Wilson (columnist)|Earl Wilson]] what the group's purpose was, Bacall replied: "To drink a lot of bourbon and stay up late."<ref name="sperber p. 504." />

=== Illness and death ===
[[File:Humphrey Bogart Grave.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Bogart's niche in the Columbarium of Eternal Light, Garden of Memory of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California]]

After signing a long-term deal with Warner Bros., Bogart predicted with glee that his teeth and hair would fall out before the contract ended. By 1955, however, his health was failing. In the wake of Santana, Bogart had formed a new company and had plans for a film (''[[John P. Marquand#Popular fiction|Melville Goodwin]], U.S.A.'') in which he would play a general and Bacall a press magnate. His persistent cough and difficulty eating became too serious to ignore, though, and he dropped the project.<ref>The film was subsequently renamed ''Top Secret Affair'' and made with Kirk Douglas and Susan Hayward: Sperber and Lax 1997, pp. 509–510.</ref> The film was re-tooled as ''[[Top Secret Affair]]'' and released just two weeks after Bogart's death in 1957, with [[Kirk Douglas]] and [[Susan Hayward]] replacing Bogart and Bacall.

A heavy smoker and drinker, Bogart had developed [[esophageal cancer]]. He did not talk about his health and visited a doctor in late January 1956 after considerable persuasion from Bacall. The disease worsened and several weeks later, on March 1, Bogart had surgery to remove his [[esophagus]], two [[lymph node]]s and a rib. The surgery was unsuccessful, and [[chemotherapy]] followed.<ref>Sperber and Lax 1997, p. 510.</ref> He had additional surgery in November 1956, when the cancer had metastasized.<ref name="shickelbook" /> Although he became too weak to walk up and down stairs, he joked despite the pain: "Put me in the [[dumbwaiter]] and I'll ride down to the first floor in style." It was then altered to accommodate his wheelchair.<ref>Bacall 1978, p. 273.</ref> [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], and [[Spencer Tracy]] visited him on January 13, 1957. In an interview, Hepburn said:

{{blockquote|Spence patted him on the shoulder and said, "Goodnight, Bogie." Bogie turned his eyes to Spence very quietly and with a sweet smile covered Spence's hand with his own and said, "Goodbye, Spence." Spence's heart stood still. He understood.<ref>Sperber and Lax 1997, p. 516.</ref> }}

Bogart lapsed into a coma and died the following day; at the time of his death, he weighed only {{convert|80|lb|kg}}. A simple funeral was held at [[All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California)|All Saints Episcopal Church]], with music by Bogart's favorite composers: [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and [[Claude Debussy]]. Among those who attended Bogart's funeral were [[Ingrid Bergman]], [[Mary Astor]], [[Olivia de Havilland]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[James Cagney]], [[Errol Flynn]], [[Henry Fonda]], [[Harry Cohn]], [[Gregory Peck]], [[James Mason]], [[David O. Selznick]] and [[Jack L. Warner]]. Bacall asked Tracy to give the eulogy; he was too upset, however, and John Huston spoke instead:

{{blockquote|Himself, he never took his work too seriously. He regarded the somewhat gaudy figure of Bogart, the star, with an amused cynicism; Bogart, the actor, he held in deep respect&nbsp;... In each of the fountains at Versailles there is a pike which keeps all the carp active; otherwise they would grow over-fat and die. Bogie took rare delight in performing a similar duty in the fountains of Hollywood. Yet his victims seldom bore him any malice, and when they did, not for long. His shafts were fashioned only to stick into the outer layer of complacency, and not to penetrate through to the regions of the spirit where real injuries are done&nbsp;... He is quite irreplaceable. There will never be another like him.<ref>Sperber and Lax 1997, p. 518.</ref> }}

Bogart was cremated, and his ashes were interred in [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]]'s Columbarium of Eternal Light in its Garden of Memory in [[Glendale, California]]. He was buried with a small, gold whistle that had been part of a charm bracelet he had given to Bacall before they married. On it was inscribed, "If you want anything, just whistle." This alluded to a scene in ''To Have and Have Not'' when Bacall's character says to Bogart shortly after their first meeting, "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."<ref name=Meyers_p315>{{Harvnb|Meyers|1997|p=315.}}</ref>
Bogart's estate had a gross value of $910,146 and a net value of $737,668.<ref>Mendel, Stephen A. [http://www.mendellawfirm.com/blog/uncategorized/famous-estates-legacy-champ-chump-5/ "Famous Estates – Legacy Champ or Chump?: Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957) – Actor."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428144821/http://www.mendellawfirm.com/blog/uncategorized/famous-estates-legacy-champ-chump-5 |date=April 28, 2014 }} ''Mendel Estate Planning'', August 3, 2012. Retrieved: July 4, 2013.</ref>