Rod Steiger - Personal Life and Death

Personal Life and Death

Steiger was married five times: actress Sally Gracie (1952–1958), actress Claire Bloom (1959–1969), Sherry Nelson (1973–1979), Paula Ellis (1986–1997) and actress Joan Benedict Steiger (married 2000 until his death). He had a daughter, opera singer Anna Steiger (born in 1960) by Bloom, and a son, Michael Steiger (born in 1993), from his marriage to Ellis.

Steiger died of pneumonia and complications from surgery for a gall bladder tumor on July 9, 2002 in Los Angeles and was buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. The film Saving Shiloh, released in 2006, was dedicated to his memory.

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