After his death, his youngest daughter Samantha was adopted by her step-father, Andy Maree.
Daughter, Stephanie, with Fran Jeffries, was born in 1959.
Ex-brother-in-law of Peter Marshall.
He had a step-daughter, Beverly Smith, from his widow Wendy.
He married his first wife because she said she was pregnant. He left her three months later when he realized that it was not true.
He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1724 Vine Street and for Radio at 6841 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
He was separated from his widow at the time of his death.
His daughter, Samantha, did not attend his funeral. Her older siblings, from her father's previous relationships, had asked that her mother, who was divorcing Haymes at the time of his death, not attend the funeral and Samantha refused to attend without her mother.
His first child with Joanne Dru, Richard Haymes, Jr., was born in 1942. Their second child, Helen Joanna "Pidge", was born May 13, 1944. She now goes by Joanna Haymes Campbell. Their third child, Barbara Nugent, was born in September, 1947.
His first child with his wife, Wendy, is named Sean Patrick and was born May 19, 1966. Their second child, Samantha, was born on March 16, 1968. Her name is now Samantha Haymes Maree Shiner.
His son Sean ran away after his father's death and did not return for four years.
His widow, Wendy, was born in 1938 and died in 2000.
In the late 50s, while Dick's career was on a lull, he partnered in nightclubs with his sexy then-wife singer Fran Jeffries (nee Fran Makris).
Starred in radio series "I Fly Anything" in late 1940s or early 1950s
Was at one time a singer with Harry James and His Orchestra.