Editing Ron Barassi (section)

==Personal life==
<!-- On 4 March 1957, Barassi married Nancy Kellett, whom he had met at work four years earlier. They settled in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, at Heathmont, and had three children between 1960 and 1964. The couple separated in 1975 and Barassi married Cherryl Copeland (born in St Kilda, Melbourne) in 1981. They were married until his death in 1981. Both Ron and Cherryl were active supporters of the "voluntary assisted dying" movement.

 -->On 4 March 1957, Barassi married Nancy Kellett, whom he had met at work four years earlier. They settled in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, at Heathmont, and had three children between 1960 and 1964. The couple separated in 1975 and Barassi married Cherryl Copeland (born in St Kilda, Melbourne) in 1981. They were married until his death in 2023. Both Ron and Cherryl were active supporters of the [[Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017|voluntary assisted dying]] movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Millar |first=Royce |date=2024-06-10 |title=Cherryl Barassi relished life. Now, she says it is time to go |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/cherryl-barassi-relished-life-now-she-says-it-is-time-to-go-20240607-p5jk3n.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>

During his coaching career at North Melbourne he survived a car crash, which caused life-threatening injuries and resulted in the loss of his spleen. His passenger, former [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] player and Brownlow medallist [[Neil Roberts (Australian footballer)|Neil Roberts]], was also hurt. Barassi used a motorised buggy and a wheelchair for a short time. Despite this setback, he attended training nights at [[Arden Street]] and could be seen directing players with assistants.<ref>{{cite news |last=McFarline |first=Peter |date=26 August 1976 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zfNUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RpIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=barassi%20car%20crash&pg=4429%2C6252025 |title=It's Barassi, by buggy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915120319/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zfNUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RpIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=barassi%20car%20crash&pg=4429%2C6252025 |archive-date=15 September 2018 }}</ref>

Barassi's first trip overseas occurred in 1961. He later travelled much of the world. In 1967, in New York City during the [[Australian Football World Tour]], Barassi was involved in a fight in which detective Brendan Tumelty broke Barassi's nose and both were sent to the same hospital. They were friends ever since.<ref name="ReferenceA">Interview by Paul Edwards for ''Royal Auto'' magazine.  p.&nbsp;17. May 2009.</ref>

Barassi moved to the suburb of [[St Kilda, Victoria|St Kilda]] in the late 1970s and lived there until his death.<ref>Divercity. The official Newsletter of the City of Port Phillip.  ISSN 1328-0309.  Issue 44 April/May 2009, p. 4.</ref>

Barassi was a passionate [[chess]] player, playing many games of classical chess in the late 1970s over the phone with [[Brent Crosswell]]<ref>{{cite AV media |title="Might be a sign!": Magpie joins Eddie McGuire as he talks about Ron Barassi |publisher=Today Show Australia |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Il1xghEs4 |access-date=2023-09-18 |language=en}}</ref>—a player whom Barassi was actively coaching—often for more than four hours at a time and lasting 50–60 moves per game. In a newspaper article, Crosswell humorously described how Barassi would psychologically break Crosswell down in over-the-board games by neglecting to bring him food or drinks and that “he would never provide chairs bearing any logical relationship to the table on which the chess set was placed”.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1989-05-24 |title=Even in chess a man was but a pawn to Barassi |first=Brent |last=Crosswell |page=44 |work=[[The Age]] |location=Melbourne |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-age-brent-crosswell-article/23094549/ |access-date=2023-09-17}}</ref>

For many years, Barassi owned the Mountain View Hotel at 70 [[Bridge Road, Melbourne|Bridge Road]] in [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]]. He sold it for $1.6 million in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |first=Karina |last=Barrymore |date=1 December 2000 |title= Barassi sells Mountain View pub for $1.6 million  |newspaper=Australian Financial Review |url=https://www.afr.com/property/barassi-sells-mountain-view-pub-for-1-6-million-20001201-k9vk4 |access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref>

For his 70th birthday he did a trek of the [[Kokoda Trail]] in Papua New Guinea.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/ron-barassi-75-and-so-alive/story-e6frf9jf-1226005074353?from=public_rss |title=Ron Barassi 75 and so alive |website=news.com.au}}</ref>

On 28 February 2008, Barassi launched and signed his book ''Barassi'', focusing on his personal life and scrapbook memoirs.<ref name="Melbourne Football Club"/>

On New Year's Eve 2008, Barassi was assaulted when he went to the aid of a young woman in St Kilda. Barassi, dining with friends, saw a woman punched to the ground around 12.30&nbsp;am.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/police-make-arrest-over-barassi-bashing/2009/01/09/1231004252357.html | title = Police make arrest over Barassi bashing | first = Mex | last = Cooper | date = 9 January 2009 | access-date = 24 September 2012 | archive-date = 17 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150417222200/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/police-make-arrest-over-barassi-bashing/2009/01/09/1231004252357.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In January 2012, Barassi suffered a bike accident, cracking three ribs. In September that year, aged 76, he went on to crew a yacht at Hamilton Island Yacht Racing Week with his friend [[John Bertrand (sailor, born 1946)|John Bertrand]]. For his brave defence of the woman on New Year's Eve 2008, Barassi received a bravery award in 2012 and a commendation for brave conduct in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-24 |title=At 80: the life and times of Ron Barassi |url=https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/334613/at-80-the-life-and-times-of-ron-barassi |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=melbournefc.com.au |language=en}}</ref>

On 16 September 2023, Barassi died following complications from a fall. He was 87.<ref name="theage.com.au"/>