Personal Life
He was married to Lois Bowler Vonnegut, who died in 1971, and had five sons.
He died of cancer on April 25, 1997, at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, New York.
His brother, Kurt Vonnegut, has alluded to Bernard's work in some of his novels and non-fiction works.
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