- Grandfather of David Oxley Thompson, born on January 15, 1957 in Berkeley, California; Benjamin Stuart Thompson, born on September 21, 1959 in Oxford, Oxfordshire England; Dinah Vaughn Thompson, born on December 6, 1960 in Los Angeles, California and Amanda Thompson, born July 30, 1962 in Berkeley, California.
- According to Gloria's autobiography "I Just Kept Hoping," he was cremated and his ashes were buried beneath a tree at their home in Brentwood, California.
- Father, with Gloria Stuart, of daughter, Sylvia Vaughn Sheekman, who was born in 1935.
- A graduate from the University of Minnesota, Sheekman began as a newspaper columnist and drama critic, then turned comedy writer for Marx Brothers (a close friend of Groucho) and Eddie Cantor farces. He also wrote for the Groucho-Chico radio series "Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel".
- Father-in-law of the writer, Gene Thompson.
- He is survived by twelve great-grandchildren: Jacob, Samuel, Deborah, Tziporah, and Sarah-Leah Thompson; Dylan, Weston, Stuart, and Jasen Sapia; Frannie Whelan; and Katie and Maggie Thompson.
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