Bassey`s first marriage was to Kenneth Hume (from 1961 to 1965) and ended in divorce. Her second husband was Sergio Novak. Bassey and Novak were married from 1968 until they divorced in 1977; Novak served as Bassey`s manager for this period of time. Bassey has two daughters and one adopted son. Her first daughter Sharon was born when Bassey was seventeen. Bassey`s second daughter, Samantha, was found dead in 1985 after apparently having fallen from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. Bassey has always insisted the death of her daughter was not suicide.[