Lou Lombardo (filmmaker)
Lombardo and his wife, Lynn, had two daughters and a son, Tony Lombardo, who also became a film editor. In addition to his son, Lombardo mentored Dennis M. Hill and Paul Rubell in the early stages of their careers. Lombardo was interviewed about his career by Vincent LoBrutto in 1991. In that same year, he suffered a stroke that left him comatose until his death in 2002.
Laura Liu
Liu married Michael J. Kasper in 2006, and they had a daughter in 2009. 1, Liu was diagnosed with breast cancer; however, she continued her work as judge, even working from her Chicago home. Liu died in 2016. She was 49.