supremacist group which opposed racial integration. A staunch Republican, Coburn supported Thomas Dewey in the 1944 United States presidential election. Personal life Coburn married Ivah Wills (born August 19, 1878) on January 29, 1906, in Atlanta, Georgia. They had six children. Ivah died on December 3, 1937, in New York City of congestive heart failure, aged 59. The 82 year-old Coburn married Winifred Natzka on June 30, 1959, in Los Angeles. She was the widow of the New Zealand bass opera singer Oscar Natzka. They had one child, a daughter. In the 1940s, Coburn made his home at the National Arts Club in New York City. His late wife's mother lived there with him. Coburn died of a heart attack on August 30, 1961, at age 84 in New York City. Winifred moved to New Zealand. Complete filmography Radio appearances See also List of actors with Academy Award nominations References Further reading External links 1877 births 1961 deaths 20th-century American male actors Actors from Savannah, Georgia American male film actors American male stage actors American people of Scotch-Irish descent Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winners California Republicans Citizens' Councils Male actors from Georgia (U.S. state) Neo-Confederates