Editing Paul Winfield (section)

==Personal life and death==
Winfield was gay, but remained discreet about it in the public eye. Prior to coming out with his sexuality, he lived with his ''[[Sounder (film)|Sounder]]'' co-star [[Cicely Tyson]], for about 18 months in the early 1970s. She offered him a place to stay after he revealed he was gay on set. Due to them living together, it was speculated that they were in a relationship. They never corrected the misconception.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url=http://www.glbtq.com/arts/winfield_p.html| title=Winfield, Paul| encyclopedia=glbtq encyclopedia| first=Linda| last=Rapp| year=2005| access-date=January 28, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205063607/http://www.glbtq.com/arts/winfield_p.html | archive-date=February 5, 2007}}</ref> His partner of 30 years, architect Charles Gillan Jr., died of [[bone cancer]] on March 5, 2002.<ref>{{cite news| title=Charles Gillan Jr.| url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/charles-gillan-jr-1117865118/| date=April 9, 2002| newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| language=en| access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>

Winfield long battled [[obesity]] and [[diabetes]]. On March 7, 2004, he died of a heart attack at [[Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center|Queen of Angels – Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center]] in Los Angeles.<ref name=ct>{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-obit-winfield,0,7047237.story |title=Oscar-nominated actor Paul Winfield dies |last=King |first=Susan |date=March 9, 2004 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref> Winfield and Gillan are interred together at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite book| last=Wilson| first=Scott| title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons| edition=3d| publisher=McFarland| date=August 19, 2016| page=819| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=Resting+Places:+The+Burial+Sites+of+More+Than+14,000+Famous+Persons| url-access=subscription| isbn=978-1476625997}}</ref>