and her strike-related absence when he received his second Best Actor Emmy more than a decade later for his role as Dr. Weston on the television series Empty Nest. Personal life In August 1953, Damon married Richard Price Towers, an actor and singer, in New York City. The union was childless and ended in divorce. Illness and death In 1986, Damon was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but continued acting in small roles up until shortly before her death a year later at age 56, on May 4, 1987. She died in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Her final role, as Elizabeth McGovern's mother in the movie She's Having a Baby with Kevin Bacon, was released posthumously. She is interred in Acacia Memorial Park near Seattle. Filmography Film Television References External links 1930 births 1987 deaths 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American singers Actresses from Seattle Actresses from Tacoma, Washington American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Deaths from cancer in California Deaths from ovarian cancer Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award winners 20th-century American women singers