He was one of the most popular bandleaders of the 1930s and 1940s, and went on to become a producer and author, all of which made him extremely wealthy.
I'm not 100% sure but I do know that he died at age 94 so I'm guessing he died of old age,
He had suffered for years with adult-onset diabetes which was considered to be the immediate cause of...
Artie Shaw was the equal of Dame Elizabeth Taylor in terms of "serial marriages": Jane Cairns (1932-33) Margaret Allen (1934-37) Lana Turner (1940) Betty Kern (1942-43) Ava Gardner (1945-46) Kathleen...
Jane Cairns, Margeret Allen, Lana Turner, Betty Kern, Ava Gardner, Kathleen Winsor. Doris Dowling, and Evelyn Keyes. Thank God he only had children with Betty Kern and Doris Dowling.