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== Personal life == Lambeau was married three times: first to Marguerite Van Kessel from 1919 to 1934, ending in divorce with one son. His second wife, Susan Johnson, was a former [[Miss California]], and they were married from 1935 to 1940. He married Grace Garland in 1945 and was divorced in 1955. While a player-coach for the Packers, Lambeau also coached his alma mater Green Bay East High School's football team from 1919 to 1921, compiling a 14β4β3 record.<ref name=Mink/> Lambeau died on June 1, 1965, at age 67, in [[Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin]], from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref name="CROSSE">{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39061419/obituary_for_curly_lambeau_aged_67/ | agency = [[Associated Press]] | date = June 2, 1965 | page = 9 | title = Curly Lambeau, Founder of Packers, Dies At Age 67 | newspaper = [[La Crosse Tribune]] | access-date = November 15, 2019 | url-status = live | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | archive-date = November 15, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191115201032/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39061419/obituary_for_curly_lambeau_aged_67/}}</ref> While waiting for his girlfriend, Mary Jane Van Duyse, to get ready for a date, he stepped out of his new red [[Cadillac]] convertible to help her father cut the grass before collapsing. Van Duyse was the Green Bay Packers champion [[majorette]], and was a [[Green Bay Packers cheerleaders#Golden Girls|Packer Golden Girl]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19650528&id=Lk0yAAAAIBAJ&pg=7115,6292233|title=Curly Lambeau is Stricken and Dies of a Heart Attack|newspaper=Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Journal World|agency=Associated Press|date=June 2, 1965|page=18|access-date=April 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120134917/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19650528&id=Lk0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7115,6292233|archive-date=November 20, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=lpfdlc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hAIqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5753%2C620555 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Lambeau, Packer founder, dies; led club to 6 pro league titles |date=June 2, 1965 |page=19 |access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120125443/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hAIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oScEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5753%2C620555 |archive-date=November 20, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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