His widow, actress/singer Jill Corey (whom Hoak married after the 1961 season and with whom he had a daughter, Clare), would claim for decades that Hoak died of a broken heart because the Pirates had passed him over.
The female protagonist in the music video of this song is played by Clare Michelle Hoak, the daughter of Jill Corey and Don Hoak.
Jill Scott | Corey Yuen | Jill Clayburgh | T. Corey Brennan | Jill St. John | Jill Ker Conway | Jill Farren Phelps | Corey Richards | Corey Fisher | Jill Long Thompson | Jill Kelley | Jill Bolte Taylor | Jill Barber | Wendell Corey | Jill Thompson | Jill Perryman | Jill Jones | Jill Hennessy | Jill de Jong | Jill Dando | Jill Corey | Corey Sanders | Corey Reynolds | Corey Maggette | Corey Haim | Corey Beaulieu | Lara Jill Miller | Jill Wolfson | Jill Vernekohl | Jill Tracy |