Susan Dee Robbins: Dale Robertson’s Wife

Susan Dee Robbins was the fourth and final wife of American Western actor Dale Robertson, whom she married on 2 February 1980. A former American Airlines flight attendant, she shared about 33 years of marriage with Robertson, living with him on his ranch in Yukon, Oklahoma, until his death in February 2013.

Full name	Susan Dee Robbins (also Susan Robbins Robertson)
Spouse	Dale Robertson (married 2 Feb 1980 – Feb 2013, his death)
Dale’s marriage order	Fourth wife
Before marriage	American Airlines flight attendant, as reported
Children together	None; stepmother to Dale’s three daughters
Residence with Dale	Yukon, Oklahoma ranch
Death of spouse	Feb 2013, lung cancer and pneumonia, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla

Contents

1. 1Meeting and marriage
2. 2Life with Dale Robertson
3. 3Later life and privacy

Meeting and marriage

Before her marriage, Susan Dee Robbins had worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines, as reported. She reportedly met Dale Robertson on one of her flights; no primary source for the meeting story was found, so that account is presented here as reported rather than as confirmed fact. Her birth details are not publicly confirmed.

Robbins married Robertson on 2 February 1980, becoming his fourth and final wife. Dale’s three earlier marriages were to Frederica Jacqueline Wilson from 1951 to 1956, with one daughter; Mary Murphy in 1956, which was annulled; and Lula Mae Robertson from 1959 to 1977, with two daughters.

Life with Dale Robertson

Robbins and Robertson lived together on his ranch in Yukon, Oklahoma, for much of their marriage. They had no children together, and Robbins became stepmother to Dale’s three daughters from his earlier marriages. Dale’s later television work included Dynasty in 1981, J.J. Starbuck in 1987-88, and Harts of the West in 1993-94.

Throughout their marriage, Robbins kept a low profile and stayed largely out of the public spotlight, even as interest in Robertson’s Western film and television career continued.

Later life and privacy

Robertson spent his final months in San Diego and died in February 2013 from lung cancer and pneumonia at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. Sources differ on the exact day in February, so no single day is stated here as settled.

Robbins maintained her privacy after Robertson’s death, and little about her later life is publicly documented in reliable sources.

What is not publicly confirmed: Her birth date and place, her early life and education, and anything after Dale’s death are not confirmed by reliable sources found. That includes conflicting, low-reliability claims about a 1947 Miami birth and a 2014 death; those claims are not treated here as facts.