Personal Life
On July 17, 1936, he married Katherine Emily Roberts, a Beverly Hills debutante and a graduate of Radcliffe College. After their wedding, they moved to . They separated on March 15, 1939. Katherine Thaw sued her husband for cruelty and "refusal to live with her". Their divorce was finalized on July 8, 1941, with Katherine Thaw stating that her husband had separated from her because he said he could not support them both.
Thaw married again and had three children, including a son, Russell Thaw, and a daughter, Terry Thaw.
In his later years, he served as the postmaster of a small town in Connecticut.
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