they would be living. In 1934 Dorothy Grey filed for divorce, charging that Grey "failed to manifest interest in making a home for her." The couple had been separated since November 1, 1932. Mrs. Grey sought custody of their 21-month-old son Romer Zane Grey, Jr. The divorce was granted September 14, 1934. Mrs. Grey was given custody of their son, and Romer Grey was ordered to pay $50 a month in support. On October 19, 1935 Grey eloped with his father’s secretary, Wilma Morris. In June 1939, when Wilma Grey went to court on a drunk driving charge, it was reported that "$500 bail was posted by her estranged husband Romer Grey." When Grey died in 1976 he was married to Octave "Bee" Grey. She died in 1985. Later life and death Grey’s brother, Loren, stated that Romer died an alcoholic from working as a writer in the shadow of his famous father. Romer Grey died on March 8, 1976 at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California from complications following pneumonia. He was 66. Grey was survived by his widow, brother and sister, his son, and five grandchildren. Bibliography Fiction Last Stand at Indigo Flats The Rider of Distant Trails Gun Trouble in Tonto Basin High Valley River King of the Range Siege at Forlorn River Three Deaths for Buck Duane King of the Outlaw Horde The Lawless Land Buck Duane: King of the Range The Other Side of the Canyon Beyond the Mogollon Rim Buck Duane: Rider of Distant Trails Nevada Jim Lacy: Beyond the Mongolian Rim Yacqui: Siege at Forlorn River Nonfiction The Cruise of The "Fisherman" The "Fisherman" Under the Southern Cross References External links 1909 births 1976 deaths 20th-century American novelists American comics writers American film producers American male novelists Angling writers Western (genre) writers 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American male writers