Personal Life
In 1932, he married Polly Curtis, by whom he had three children, including Brooks Firestone. Polly died in 1965 of cancer. He then married Barbara Knickerbocker Heatley on 4 March 1966. She died in 1985 of cancer as well. He married Caroline Hudson Lynch on 11 January 1987, the daughter of the owner of Oklahoma Ada and Atoka Railroad. His grandson is TV reality show personality Andrew Firestone.
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