Editing Red Buttons (section)

==Personal life==
Buttons married actress Roxanne Arlen in 1947, but the marriage soon ended in divorce. He married Helayne McNorton on December 8, 1949. They divorced in 1963. His last marriage was to Alicia Prats, which lasted from January 27, 1964, until her death in March 2001. With Prats he had two children. He was the advertising spokesman for [[Century Village, Florida]], a [[retirement community]].

Buttons was an early member of the Synagogue for the Performing Arts, and at the time Rabbi [[Jerome Cutler]] was the rabbi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/8150/ |title=The Rabbi Plays One on TV |date=September 19, 2003 |access-date=June 1, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717234252/http://www.forward.com/articles/8150/ |archive-date=July 17, 2009 }} ''The Forward''</ref>

===Death===
Buttons died of complications from [[cardiovascular disease]] on July 13, 2006, at age 87 at his home in [[Century City (Los Angeles)|Century City]], Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 13, 2006|title=Actor Red Buttons dead at 87|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/actor-red-buttons-dead-at-87-1.607584|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312133001/https://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/07/13/red-buttons-obit.html|archive-date=March 12, 2007|website=[[CBC Arts]]}}</ref> He had been ill for a while and was with family members when he died. His ashes were given to his family after cremation.<ref name="bbc">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5178496.stm ''Comedian Red Buttons dies at 87''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720134851/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5178496.stm |date=July 20, 2006 }}. BBC News. July 14, 2006.</ref>