Matti Kekkonen was married to music teacher
Marja Linnala, daughter of composer
Eino Linnala, from 1954 to 1973. Linnala released music textbooks and later two memoirs:
Töölön tyttö (2003) and
Kekkosten miniänä (2010).
Kekkosten miniänä tells about her life as the wife of Matti Kekkonen and as the daughter-in-law of Urho and Sylvi Kekkonen. From their marriage, Kekkonen and Linnala had one daughter, Salla (born 1957). Kekkonen died in Helsinki at the age of 84 on 3 July 2013. ==References==