Crum was married to his third wife Susan Sweeney Crum, then a news anchor and reporter for Louisville television station WDRB, from 2001 until his death. In 2006, she became an announcer and news anchor at Louisville public radio station WFPL. Crum had three children, Cynthia and Steve from his first marriage, and Scott from his second marriage. He lived in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, and had a hunting ranch in eastern Idaho.
