Personal Life and Death
He resided for years in West Hollywood, California. In 1978, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, but kept this information private and continued to act. Two of his last roles were in the television movies, My Body, My Child (1982) and Grandpa, Will You Run With Me? (1983), both filmed in 1980 several months before his death, both of which were released posthumously.
Albertson died on 25 November 1981, aged 74, after a three-year illness. He and sister Mabel Albertson, an actress who died 10 months later, were both cremated and their ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
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