Marriages
In July 1947, she married actor Jack Webb (of Dragnet fame). This pairing arose from their mutual love for jazz. They had two daughters: Stacy and Lisa Webb. London and Webb divorced in November 1954. Daughter Stacy Webb was killed in a traffic accident in 1996.
In 1954, having become somewhat reclusive after her divorce from Webb, she met jazz composer and musician Bobby Troup at a club on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. They married on December 31, 1959, and remained married until his death in February 1999. They had one daughter, Kelly Troup, who died in March 2002, and twin sons, Jody and Reese Troup (b. May 28, 1963). Jody died June 10, 2010, just 13 days after his 47th birthday. His cremated remains are interred with those of his parents in Courts of Remembrance, Columbarium of Providence, at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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