Editing William Masters (section)

==Death==
William Masters suffered complications from [[Parkinson's disease]] and died in [[Tucson, Arizona]], on February 16, 2001.<ref name="nyt-obit" /> Masters's second wife, Virginia Johnson, died in July 2013. Dr. Masters was survived by two children from his marriage to Elizabeth Ellis: Sarah Masters Paul, and William Howell Masters III.<ref name="nyt-obit">{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Severo |title=William H. Masters, a Pioneer in Studying and Demystifying Sex, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/19/us/william-h-masters-a-pioneer-in-studying-and-demystifying-sex-dies-at-85.html |quote=Dr. William H. Masters, who with his co-researcher, Virginia E. Johnson, revolutionized the way sex is studied, taught and enjoyed in America, died Friday at a hospice in Tucson. He was 85 and had lived in retirement since 1994, first in St. Louis and then in Tucson. He suffered complications from Parkinson's disease, said his wife, Geraldine Baker Oliver Masters. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=February 19, 2001 |access-date=2008-07-24}}</ref> He was a church-going [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]] and a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref name="nytimes.com"/>