He died in New Rochelle in 1958, survived by his second wife Theodora (a pianist who had often accompanied him in concert), their daughter Shoshana (Rozanna), his sister Freydele (a Yiddish theater actress and singer) and her husband Harold Sternberg, a chorister in the Metropolitan opera.[1] Rozanna married Armond Lebowitz and they had two sons, David and Brad. His niece is recording artist Marilyn Michaels.