Personal Life and Death
Wilson was married twice; he married first wife, Lovenia Wilson, in 1957: they divorced in 1967. Then, in 1979, he married Tuanchai MacKenzie. They divorced in 1984. After winning custody of his children in 1979, Wilson performed less in order to spend time with his family. Before becoming ill, he was an active lighter-than-air pilot.
On November 25, 1998, Wilson died of liver cancer in Malibu, California.
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