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==Personal life== Elliott married Jane Underwood in 1943. They divorced in 1953,<ref name="Washington Post"/> having no children. ''Bob and Ray'' writer [[Raymond Knight (radio)|Raymond Knight]] died in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/raymond-knight/|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=February 3, 2016|title=Raymond Knight}}</ref> In 1954, Elliott married Knight's widow, Lee ([[Given name|nΓ©e]] Peppers). They were married for 58 years until her death in 2012.<ref name="Lee"/> They had two sons, [[Chris Elliott]] and Bob Elliott Jr., and one daughter, Amy Andersen.<ref name="Washington Post"/><ref name="Lee">{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DEEDD1F3AF93AA15757C0A9649D8B63|access-date=February 3, 2016|date=April 29, 2012|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Lee K. Elliott}}</ref> They adopted Lee and Ray Knight's two children, Colony Elliott Santangelo and Shannon Elliott.<ref name="Washington Post"/> They had 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.<ref name="Washington Post"/> In 1989, Elliott co-authored son Chris's mock autobiography, ''Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/daddysboysonssho00elli|title=Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father|isbn=978-0385297301|year=1989|first1=Chris|last1=Elliott|first2=Bob|last2=Elliott|publisher=[[Dell Publishing]]}}</ref> ===Death=== Elliott died in Cundy's Harbor, Maine on February 2, 2016, from throat cancer at the age of 92.<ref name="newyorktimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/arts/television/bob-elliott-of-bob-and-ray-comedy-fame-dies-at-92.html|title=Bob Elliott, of Bob and Ray Comedy Fame, Dies at 92|date=February 3, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 3, 2016|first1=Peter|last1=Keepnews|first2=Richard|last2=Severo}}</ref>
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