Personal Life
Campanella was married three times. He married Bernice Ray in 1939, with whom he had two daughters; they divorced a few years later. On April 30, 1945, he married Ruthe Willis and had three children together (including a son, television director Roy Campanella II), though their relationship deteriorated after his accident; they separated in 1960 and Ruthe died in January 1963. Campanella's adopted son David had a somewhat troubled life, he was arrested a number of times, developed a problem with drugs and died at the age of 41. On May 5, 1964, Campanella married Roxie Doles, who survived him.
Campanella died of a heart attack on June 26, 1993, in his Woodland Hills, California home. He was cremated by the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. His widow, Roxie, died of cancer in 2004.
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