Editing Richard Basehart (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Richard_Basehart_grave_at_Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery_in_Brentwood,_California.JPG|thumb|Richard Basehart's grave]]
Basehart was married three times. After the death of his first wife Stephanie Klein, he married Italian actress [[Valentina Cortese]] in 1951, with whom he had one son, actor [[Jackie Basehart]]; the couple divorced in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Valentina Cortese Dies: Italian Actress, Oscar-Nominated For François Truffaut's 'Day For Night', Was 96 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/valentina-cortese-dies-italian-actress-oscar-nominated-for-francois-truffauts-day-for-night-was-96-1202644138/ |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |last2=Lane |first2=John Francis |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Valentina Cortese obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/10/valentina-cortese-obituary |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

In 1962, he married his third wife, Diana Lotery, with whom he had two children. He and Diana remained married until his death in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vils |first=Ursula |date=September 22, 1986 |title=Artist Diana Basehart Back at Work on Her Pet Projects |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-22-vw-8558-story.html |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>