Personal Life
Martin married his first wife, Muriel Weiss, in 1941. They had one child together, a daughter, Phyllis Rosenblatt (successful New York artist), before Weiss' death from cancer in 1965. In 1967, Martin married Olavee Lucile Parsons (previously a successful model and documentary director) and adopted her two children Rebecca (Martin) Schacht and George Martin. Martin and Parsons remained married until Martin's death, and she died in 2002.
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