Personal Life
In 1955, he married Peggy Maurer. They have two children, a son, Matt and a daughter, Molly.
In July 2009, Penn was hospitalized with pneumonia. In July 2010, Penn reflected on his life and career, including his relationship with Alger Hiss:
...During that period I met Alger Hiss, and we became very close friends. In fact, Alger got married here in my apartment. And so I became more of a student of the Hiss period than I knew what to do with, frankly.
Penn died in Manhattan, on September 28, 2010, a day after his 88th birthday, of congestive heart failure.
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