Editing Leonard Chess (section)

==Personal life and legacy==
[[File:Grave of Leonard Chess (1917–1969) at Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Chess's grave at Westlawn Cemetery]]

In 1941, he married Revetta Sloan, who was also Jewish; they had three children: son Marshall and two daughters, Elaine and Susie.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cohodas|first=Nadine|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43526859|title=Spinning blues into gold : the Chess brothers and the legendary Chess Records|date=2000|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=0-312-26133-0|location=New York|oclc=43526859}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Nate |last=Bloom |author-link= Nate Bloom  |title=Will the real music mogul stand up? Two films highlight role of Jewish immigrants in popularizing blues and rock |date=April 16, 2010 |publisher=[[Jewish Standard]]|url= https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/will-the-real-music-mogul-stand-up/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZASIpS00zv8C&q=marshall+chess+daughters&pg=PA188|first=John |last=Collis|title=The Story of Chess Records|date=October 15, 1998 |pages=188 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=9781582340050 }}</ref>  On October 16, 1969, six months after selling his namesake label to [[General Recorded Tape]], Leonard Chess died of a [[heart attack]].<ref name=CTObit /> He was buried at [[Westlawn Cemetery]] in Norridge, Illinois.

Music industry historian John Broven has written that "Leonard Chess was the dynamo behind Chess Records, the label that, along with [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] and [[Sun Records|Sun]], has come to epitomize the independent record business. ... Leonard Chess set new standards for the industry in artist development, deal making, networking, and marketing and promotion…"<ref name="broven116">Broven, John (2009). ''Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers.'' Urbana: University of Illinois Press, p. 116. {{ISBN|978-0-252-03290-5}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1987, posthumously, in the non-performer category.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/leonard-chess|title=Leonard Chess|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|language=en|access-date=June 21, 2018}}</ref>