Family Life and Death
Korner married Roberta, daughter of art critic Robert Melville. He died of lung cancer in London on 1 January 1984 and was survived by a daughter, musician Sappho Gillett Korner, and two sons, guitarist Nicholas (Nico) Korner and sound engineer Damian Korner.
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