 Crosby's estranged daughters Barbara and Joan had graduated from Vassar College, and Carol from the Rhode Island School of Design, without having known of their father's whereabouts; son Skip had become a geologist.Crosby had received infrequent visits from his two sisters, and from his cartoonist friend Rube Goldberg.Carolyn, whose failing health had eventually precluded visits, died November 8, 1949.