in 1964, he married arlene joan garrett, the daughter of griffon's then chairman and ceo edward j. garrett, in a jewish ceremony at the plaza hotel in manhattan. the couple had three children: stephanie (married to ron kramer), melissa blau, and victoria blau orlin (married to paul orlin). blau died on january 19th, 2018 at age 82. services were held at temple emanu-el in manhattan.