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==Personal life==

==Personal life==

During his time in the Senate, Knowland's wife Helen carried an extramarital affair with his Michigan senatorial colleague Arthur Edson Blair Moody.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (February 24, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/02/24/the-strange-political-nature-of-the-1950s/ The Strange Personal Nature of Political Leadership of the 1950s]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref> Unaware of his wife's infidelity, Knowland coincidentally carried an affair with Moody's wife Ruth.

During his time in the Senate, Knowland's wife Helen carried an extramarital affair with his Michigan senatorial colleague Arthur Edson Blair Moody.<ref name=strangepoliticalnature>FascinatingPolitics (February 24, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/02/24/the-strange-political-nature-of-the-1950s/ The Strange Personal Nature of Political Leadership of the 1950s]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref> Unaware of his wife's infidelity, Knowland coincidentally carried an affair with Moody's wife Ruth.

==Suicide==

===Suicide===

Following continued and perpetuating turmoil ever since his divorce from Helen, Knowland was found dead in late February 1974 in what appeared to be a [[suicide]] by gunshot,<ref name="William E Knowland Is Apparent Suicide; Ex‐Senator Was 65"/> which was soon confirmed by an autopsy.<ref name=autopsyreport/> Then-Vice President [[Gerald Ford]] stated:

Following continued and perpetuating turmoil ever since his divorce from Helen,<ref name=strangepoliticalnature/> Knowland was found dead in late February 1974 in what appeared to be a [[suicide]] by gunshot,<ref name="William E Knowland Is Apparent Suicide; Ex‐Senator Was 65"/> which was soon confirmed by an autopsy.<ref name=autopsyreport/> Then-Vice President [[Gerald Ford]] stated:

{{cquote|I am deeply grieved by the death of Bill Knowland. Bill was a close personal friend of mine. He was an, outstanding American who served his country well in a time of great need.}}

{{cquote|I am deeply grieved by the death of Bill Knowland. Bill was a close personal friend of mine. He was an, outstanding American who served his country well in a time of great need.}}