Editing Frank Robinson (section)

==Personal life==
While playing for the Reds in the late 1950s, Robinson attended [[Xavier University]] in Cincinnati during the off-season.<ref name="Moffi">Moffi, Larry and Kronstadt, Jonathan. Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers, 1947–1959. [[McFarland & Company]] (1994). pp. 156. {{ISBN|0-899-50930-4}}</ref> While in Baltimore, he became active in the [[civil rights movement]]. He originally declined membership in the [[NAACP]] unless the organization promised not to make him do public appearances. However, after witnessing Baltimore's [[Housing segregation in the United States|segregated housing]] and [[Housing discrimination in the United States|discriminatory real estate practices]], he reconsidered and became an enthusiastic speaker on racial issues.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

On February 9, 1961, Robinson pulled a [[.25 caliber]] pistol during an argument in a Cincinnati restaurant. He pleaded guilty on March 20 to a charge of carrying a concealed weapon and was sentenced to pay a $250 fine ({{Inflation|US|250|1961|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{cite news |date=March 20, 1961 |title=Major Leaguer Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94248321/frank-robinson-pleads-guilty-to-weapons/ |access-date=February 7, 2022 |work=[[Record-Journal|The Journal]] |pages=16 |via=[[Ancestry.com|Newspapers.com]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

Robinson met Barbara Ann Cole in 1961; they married that year<ref name=sabr/> and lived in [[Los Angeles]] where Barbara sold real estate.<ref name="home again">{{cite news |last=Bamberger |first=Michael |date=June 2, 1997 |title=Home Again Frank Robinson is Back Where He Belongs: In the Game |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/06/02/home-again-frank-robinson-is-back-where-he-belongs-in-the-game |access-date=February 7, 2019 |newspaper=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref> They had two children.<ref name=mlb.com_obit/> In 2003, he guest starred on an [[List of Yes, Dear episodes#Season 3 (2002–03)|episode]] of ''[[Yes, Dear]]'' as himself, along with [[Ernie Banks]] and [[Johnny Bench]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/yes_dear/s03/e16| title = Yes, Dear: Season 3, Episode 16 - Rotten Tomatoes| website = [[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>

On February 7, 2019, Robinson died of [[bone cancer]] in Los Angeles at the age of 83.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Goldstein (writer, born 1942) |date=February 7, 2019 |title=Frank Robinson, Hall of Fame Slugger and First Black Baseball Manager, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/obituaries/frank-robinson-dead.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>