Editing Richard Dix (section)

==Personal life==
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According to the July 1934 ''Movies'' magazine, Dix raised thousands of chickens and turkeys each year on his ranch near Hollywood, the location of which he kept a close secret. He also had a collection of thousands of smoking pipes, and at one time had 36 Scotties and English setters. He also read at least five books a week. 

Richard Dix married Winifred Coe on October 20, 1931. A daughter, Martha Mary Ellen, followed. They divorced in 1933. He married Virginia Webster, on June 29, 1934. They had twin boys, Richard Jr. and [[Robert Dix]] (1935–2018), and adopted a daughter, Sara Sue.

Dix supported [[Thomas Dewey]] in the [[1944 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfHXAAAAQBAJ&q=richard%20dix |title=When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics |isbn=9781107650282 |last1=Critchlow |first1=Donald T. |date=2013-10-21|publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref>

After years of fighting alcoholism, Dix suffered a serious [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at 56 on September 12, 1949, either on a train from New York to Los Angeles<ref>''The Advertiser (Adelaide)'', "Richard Dix Ill", September 14, 1949, pg. 1.</ref><ref name=sp/>) or while on board a ship returning from France.<ref name=biodic>{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476609058 |page=96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Richard+Dix%22&pg=PA96 |access-date=28 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref> He died eight days later at  the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital,<ref name=biodic/> and is interred in [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Glendale, California]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=Richard+Dix+burial+site+scott+wilson&pg=PA199 |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |first=Scott |last=Wilson |date=August 19, 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476625997 |via=Google Books}}</ref>