Personal Life
Some sources claim Rey became a Mormon about the time of his marriage to Luisa in 1937. However, it appears that he was not actually received into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints until 1969.
Rey's daughter, Liza Butler, is the mother of Win and William Butler, members of Canadian indie rock group Arcade Fire. Their debut album Funeral was heavily influenced by Rey's death, along with the deaths of relatives of other members of the band, during the recording period. The band released a live 1940 broadcast recording of Rey's song My Buddy, which appears as a B-side on their singles "Neighborhood No. 1 (Tunnels)" and "Neighborhood No. 2 (Laika)."
In 2004, after breaking his hip and suffering complications including pneumonia and congestive heart failure, Alvino Rey died at age 95, at a rehabilitation center in Utah. He died seven years after his wife's death; they had been married fifty-seven years. He was still an amateur radio operator, holding the call W6UK.
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