Editing Lewis Milestone (section)

==Personal life and death==

In 1935, Milestone and actor [[Kendall Lee]], whose full name was Kendall Lee Glaezner, were married. Lee and Milestone had met on the set of his 1932 film ''Rain'', in which Lee had played Mrs. MacPhail. They had no children and remained married until Lee's death in 1978. According to biographer Joseph Millichap; "over the years the Milestones were the most gracious of Hollywood hosts, giving parties that attracted the cream of the film community".<ref name=":0"/>

Milestone experienced declining health in the 1960s and suffered a stroke in 1978, shortly after the death of Kendall Lee, his wife of 43 years.<ref>Millichap, 1981 p. 82: "in 1935 [Milestone] married Kendall Lee Glaezner" and p. 186: "In 1978, [Milestone] was shocked by the death of his wife"</ref>

After further illnesses, Milestone died on September 25, 1980, at [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center|UCLA Medical Center]], five days before his 85th birthday.<ref>Millichap, 1981 p. 186: "Health problems plagued Milestone in later years{{nbsp}}... one personal project was an uncompleted autobiography, tentatively entitled Milestones" and p. 186: "After a succession of illnesses Lewis Milestone died on September 25, 1980, at the [[UCLA Medical Center]], five days before his eighty-fifth birthday."<br />Whitely, 2020: "In 1963 he was scheduled to direct 'PT 109'{{nbsp}}... he was replaced after suffering a stroke. He was forced into retirement by his ill health and spent the last decade of his life confined to a wheelchair."</ref> Milestone's final request before he died was for Universal Studios to restore ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930) to its original length.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} The [[Library of Congress]]' Motion Picture Division released a fully-restored version of the film in 1998.<ref name="Hunter 1999 g320">{{cite news | last=Hunter | first=Stephen | title='Western Front,' As Good As Old | newspaper=Washington Post | date=July 23, 1999 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/07/23/western-front-as-good-as-old/76e4d82a-8645-4c59-be60-e2b9928dc377/ | access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref><ref name="King 1998 k637">{{cite web | last=King | first=Susan | title=All's Well With 'All Quiet' | website=Los Angeles Times | date=May 31, 1998 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-31-ca-54967-story.html | access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref> Milestone is interred in the [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Los Angeles.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}