Personal Life
In 1946, George Vanderbilt married Anita Zabala, a descendant of one of California's first Spanish families and the former wife of California sportsman, Lindsay C. Howard. They divorced in 1958 after nearly twelve years of marriage.
On June 24, 1961, George Washington Vanderbilt III apparently committed suicide by leaping from his 10th floor suite at the Mark Hopkins hotel. His wife said he was despondent over unspecified business setbacks. Investigators found large amounts of alcohol in his blood stream.
His former yacht, the Pioneer, is now the Yankee Clipper, which sails with passengers in the Caribbean for Windjammer Barefoot Cruises.
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