1968, it was announced they would marry in Los Angeles on March 21. Van and Joyce were finally married in Las Vegas on May 1, 1968. One week later, Van filed for an annulment citing "fraud" and non-consummation, and that the actress "told him she wanted to have children but this was only to induce him into marriage". An article states that Bobby said that Elaine felt "so unhappy and insecure, it's the only thing to do." A preliminary divorce was filed in 1968 for Elaine Joyce and Bobby Van; Joyce is listed as Elaine J Pinchot, year of birth 1945. The divorce was never finalized, and the couple remained married until Van's death in 1980. Their daughter, Taylor, was born in 1976. Illness and death In February 1980, as recalled by his wife in December 1981, Van began having headaches that continued for two weeks. On going to the hospital, an angiogram was done and his doctors were not optimistic, finding the pressure in his head was due to a malignant brain tumor. Van chose to hide his illness and continued to work as long as possible, including as host of that year's Mrs. America Pageant. He later lost control of his left side and was in a wheelchair. After a five-and-a-half-month battle with cancer, Van died in Los Angeles on July 31, 1980. He is interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery in Los Angeles. In a December 1981 interview, Joyce said, "Bobby and I would have been married forever. There was no question about it". The Vans' daughter Taylor attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, where she met future husband Evan Meyer; they were married in October 2003, at which time she was employed as a television executive assistant for Paramount Pictures. Filmography Stage work Alive and Kicking (1950) On Your Toes (1954) Oklahoma! (1959) Pal Joey (1961) The Tunnel of Love (1963) (Westchester County Playhouse, Dobbs Ferry, NY) No, No, Nanette (1971–73) Doctor Jazz (1975) The Music Man (1977) (Marriott's Lincolnshire Theatre, Lincolnshire, IL) Anything Goes (1977) (Kenley Players, Ohio) Damn Yankees (1979) (San Jose Civic Light Opera, California) References External links 1928 births 1980 deaths American male dancers American male musical theatre actors American male film actors 20th-century American male actors American game show hosts Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery Deaths from cancer in California Deaths from