 His son died at an early age, circa (1976).In retirement, he was a volunteer with the Los Angeles Zoo and also worked with the Los Angeles Police Department's Volunteer Surveillance Team.At the end of Tom Waits' comic song "Emotional Weather Report" (from his 1975 album "Nighthawks at the Diner"), he quips, "Dr. George Fischbeck ain't got nothin' on me!"