Editing Victor Atiyeh (section)

== Personal life ==
Atiyeh lived in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] with his wife, [[Dolores Atiyeh|Dolores (''née'' Hewitt)]], whom he married on July 5, 1944.<ref name="arcwebbio" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Pacific University Archives Exhibits &#124; * Victor Atiyeh Collection * : Dolores Atiyeh|url=http://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/exhibits/show/atiyeh/life/dolores-atiyeh|access-date=July 21, 2014|publisher=Exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu|archive-date=November 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106050923/http://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/exhibits/show/atiyeh/life/dolores-atiyeh|url-status=dead}}</ref> They had two children, Tom and Suzanne.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dolores Atiyeh|url=http://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/exhibits/show/atiyeh/life/dolores-atiyeh|access-date=December 28, 2013|work=Victor Atiyeh Collection|publisher=Pacific University Archives|archive-date=November 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106050923/http://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/exhibits/show/atiyeh/life/dolores-atiyeh|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dolores Atiyeh died on August 29, 2016, in Portland at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Theen|first1=Andrew|date=August 29, 2016|title=Dolores Atiyeh, wife of former Oregon governor, dies at 92|work=The Oregonian/OregonLive|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2016/08/dolores_atiyeh_wife_of_former.html|access-date=August 30, 2016|archive-date=September 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921030443/http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2016/08/dolores_atiyeh_wife_of_former.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Health and death===
On August&nbsp;31, 2005, Atiyeh underwent [[quadruple bypass surgery]]; he drove himself to [[Providence St. Vincent Medical Center|St. Vincent Medical Center]] after suffering chest pains. Atiyeh was noted for his [[fiscal conservative|fiscal conservatism]]; his spokesman noted that he had stopped on his way to the hospital to fill his car with gas, having observed the sharply rising prices. In the weeks following the surgery, Atiyeh was readmitted to the hospital for several brief stays after suffering shortness of breath and pain in his arms.<ref name=oreg-2014jul20/>

On July 5, 2014, Atiyeh fell at his home. He was admitted again to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, where he was treated for [[internal bleeding]]; while he was briefly released, he was re-hospitalized after incurring an adverse reaction to pain medication, and died from [[kidney failure]] on July 20, at age 91.<ref name=oreg-2014jul20 /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Currie|first1=Carrie McAlice|last2=Staver|first2=Anna |url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/07/20/former-oregon-governor-vic-atiyeh-dead/12928255/ |title=Former Oregon Governor Vic Atiyeh dead at 91 |date=July 21, 2014|newspaper=[[Statesman Journal]] |location=Salem, Oregon|access-date=May 15, 2016}}</ref>