Personal Life
Pidgeon married twice. In 1919, he wed Edna (Muriel) Pickles, who died during the birth of their daughter, also named Edna, in 1921. In 1931, he married his secretary, Ruth Walker, to whom he remained married until his death at age 87 in Santa Monica, California, 25 September 1984 following a series of strokes.
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