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== Personal life and death == Marx married Helen von Tilzer nΓ©e Theaman (who had a two-year-old daughter, Karlyn "Kay" von Tilzer, from her previous marriage), on May 3, 1929.;<ref>Index to New York City Marriages, 1866-1937. Marriage License Date: 3 May 1929; License Number: 10208</ref> they remained married until her death in January 1976.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} Their son, Robert Stuart, was born on August 19, 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/gummo-marx-21181099|title=Gummo Marx|website=Biography.com|access-date=June 5, 2017}}</ref> Gummo's grandson [[Gregg Marx]] is an actor. [[File:gummomarxgrave.jpg|thumb|Crypt of Gummo Marx|left]] Gummo died on April 21, 1977, at his home in [[Palm Springs, California]], aged 84, from a [[cerebral hemorrhage]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news|agency=[[Reuters]]|title=Gummo Marx, Managed Comedians|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/22/archives/gummo-marx-managed-comedians.html |quote=Gummo Marx, an original member of the Marx brothers' comedy team, died here today. He was 83 years old.|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=April 22, 1977|page=D19|access-date=December 15, 2013}}</ref> His death was never reported to Groucho, who by that time had become so ill and weak that it was thought the news would be a further detriment to his health. Groucho died four months later on August 19, at age 86. Gummo and his wife Helen are interred next to each other in the Freedom Mausoleum at the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in [[Glendale, California]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&dq=gummo+marx+Freedom+Mausoleum&pg=PA62 ''Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries'']</ref> Gummo's brother Chico is in a crypt across the hall from them.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} Gummo's only biological child, Robert, served in the [[United States Coast Guard]] for two years and later worked as an [[architect]]. He died on May 21, 2023, aged 92.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Marx Obituary (2023) - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/robert-marx-obituary?id=52141391 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref>
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