Editing Lee Wiley (section)

==Personal life==
Lee Wiley was born with last name Willey. Lee was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and was buried in her family plot in Cherokee Nation. Wiley married the jazz pianist [[Jess Stacy]] in 1943. The couple was described by their friend Deane Kincaide as being as "compatible as two cats, tails tied together, hanging over a clothesline"; they divorced in 1948. Her response to Stacy's desire to get a divorce was, "What will Bing Crosby be thinking of you divorcing me?", while Stacy said of Wiley, "They did not burn the last witch at Salem."<ref name=Coller>Coller, D. (1998). ''Jess Stacy: The Quiet Man of Jazz'', GHB Jazz Foundation, 1998; {{ISBN|978-0-9638890-4-1}}</ref>

She later married retired businessman Nat Tischenkel in 1966.

Wiley died of cancer on December 11, 1975 at Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital in New York City at the age of 67. Her obituary notes her last public performance was at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1972.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Wiley Dead Jazz Singer, 60 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/12/archives/lee-wiley-dead-jazz-singer-60-star-of-30s-and-40s-noted-for-gently.html |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=14 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225014233/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/12/archives/lee-wiley-dead-jazz-singer-60-star-of-30s-and-40s-noted-for-gently.html |archive-date=December 25, 2023}}</ref>