Editing Howard Keel (section)

==Personal life and death==
In 1943, Keel met and married actress Rosemary Cooper. They divorced in 1948. During the London run of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' Keel met Helen Anderson, a member of the show's chorus, and they married in January 1949. Keel and Helen divorced in 1970. Keel married airline flight attendant Judy Magamoll in December 1970.<ref name=":0" />

Keel had four children: three with second wife, Helen Anderson (two daughters, Kaija Liane and Kirstine Elizabeth; and a son, Gunnar Louis; one by his third wife of 34 years, Judy (a daughter, Leslie Grace); and 10 grandchildren.<ref name=":0" />

Keel died at his Palm Desert home on November 7, 2004, six weeks after being diagnosed with colon cancer and a month before his film ''[[Seven Brides For Seven Brothers]]'' was inducted into the [[National Film Registry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/nov/09/guardianobituaries.film|title=Howard Keel|date=November 9, 2004|author=Sheila Whitaker|website=The Guardian|access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref>