They lived by the Echo Park area of the city and Coy attended nearby Belmont High School.

[3] During World War II, Watson served in the United States Coast Guard, based out of San Diego.

[4][5] Coy Watson Jr. was a Los Angeles-based news photographer for CBS Television in the 1950s.

[6] Watson's autobiography, The Keystone Kid: Tales of Early Hollywood, was published in 2001.

[3] Watson died of stomach cancer in Alpine, California, on March 14, 2009, at the age of 96.