Editing Al Jaffee (section)

==Personal life==
Jaffee married Ruth Ahlquist in 1945; they had two children, Richard and Debbie. They divorced in 1967.{{sfn|Weisman|2010|pp=153–154,205}} After the divorce, Gaines provided Jaffee with studio space at the ''Mad'' offices.{{sfn|Weisman|2010|pp=205–06}}

His oldest younger brother Harry Jaffee (1922–1985), who also had artistic talent, had long been coping with various illnesses—for a time he had been committed to [[Bellevue Hospital|Bellevue Hospital Center]]. Harry had been living with the Jaffees at the time. After the divorce, Jaffee took two apartments in Manhattan, one for him, and one nearby for Harry. Jaffee also hired him from 1970 to 1977 to do his background detail and lettering. Harry quit upon Jaffee's remarriage.{{sfn|Weisman|2010|pp=162,208}}

In 1977, Jaffee married Joyce Revenson, a widow. They lived in Manhattan, summered in [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]], and wintered in [[Puerto Vallarta]], Mexico.{{sfn|Weisman|2010|pp=209–10}} Joyce died in January 2020.<ref name="jewish-superhero"/>

Jaffee died of organ failure on April 10, 2023, at a Manhattan hospital. He was 102.<ref name="NYT obit"/>