Editing Jackie Robinson (section)

==Family life and death==
[[File:Jackie Robinson Gravesite 1024.jpg|thumb|alt=Three Robinson family gravestones are placed next to a larger family headstone with the quotation "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives", inscribed with Robinson's signature|Robinson's family gravesite in [[Cypress Hills Cemetery]]. Robinson is buried alongside his mother-in-law Zellee Isum and his son Jackie Robinson Jr.]]
After Robinson's retirement from baseball, his wife [[Rachel Robinson]] pursued a career in academic nursing. She became an assistant professor at the [[Yale School of Nursing]] and director of nursing at the Connecticut Mental Health Center.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/rachel-robinson-to-receive-ucla-90830.aspx |title=Rachel Robinson to receive UCLA's highest honor |work=UCLA Today |date=May 5, 2009 |last=Lee |first=Cynthia |access-date=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513124221/http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/rachel-robinson-to-receive-ucla-90830.aspx |archive-date=May 13, 2009 }}</ref> She also served on the board of the Freedom National Bank until it closed in 1990.<ref>[[#Robinson2|Robinson, Rachel]], p. 192.</ref> She and Jackie had three children: Jackie Robinson Jr. (1946–1971), Sharon Robinson (b. 1950), and David Robinson (b. 1952).<ref name=SABRbio/>

[[File:040213 FLOTUS FilmWorkshop HD.webm|thumb|start=4:21|[[Michelle Obama]] delivering comments about Robinson at the ''[[42 (film)|42]]'' film workshop in the [[State Dining Room of the White House]] in April 2013.]]
Robinson's eldest son, Jackie Robinson Jr., had emotional trouble during his childhood and entered special education at an early age.<ref>[[#Robinson2|Robinson, Rachel]], p. 194.</ref> He enlisted in the Army in search of a disciplined environment, served in the [[Vietnam War]], and was wounded in action on November 19, 1965.<ref>[[#Robinson2|Robinson, Rachel]], p. 200.</ref> After his discharge, he struggled with drug problems. Robinson Jr. eventually completed the treatment program at [[Daytop Village]] in [[Seymour, Connecticut]], and became a counselor at the institution.<ref name=Robinson2p201>[[#Robinson2|Robinson, Rachel]], p. 201.</ref> On June 17, 1971, he was killed in an automobile accident at age 24.<ref name="anderson">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0131.html|title=Jackie Robinson, First Black in Major Leagues, Dies|last=Anderson|first=Dave|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 11, 2022|date=October 25, 1972|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015051649/https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0131.html|archive-date=October 15, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[[#Robinson2|Robinson, Rachel]], p. 202.</ref> The experience with his son's drug addiction turned Robinson Sr. into an avid anti-drug crusader toward the end of his life.<ref>[[#Rampersad|Rampersad]], pp. 438, 443.</ref>

Robinson did not outlive his son by very long. In 1968, he suffered a [[heart attack]]. Complications from [[Cardiovascular disease|heart disease]] and [[diabetes]] weakened Robinson and made him almost blind by middle age. On October 24, 1972, Robinson died of a heart attack at his home at 95 Cascade Road in [[North Stamford]], Connecticut; he was 53 years old.<ref name=schwartz/><ref name="anderson"/> Robinson's funeral service on October 27, 1972, at [[Upper Manhattan]]'s [[Riverside Church]] in [[Morningside Heights]], attracted 2,500 mourners.<ref name=Linge149>[[#Linge|Linge]], p. 149.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cady|first=Steve|title=Jackie Goes Home to Brooklyn|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 28, 1972|url-access=subscription |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/28/archives/jackie-goes-home-to-brooklyn-baseballs-first-black-given-a-heros.html}}</ref> Many of his former teammates, other famous baseball players, and basketball star [[Bill Russell]] served as pallbearers, and the Rev. [[Jesse Jackson]] gave the eulogy.<ref name=Linge149/><ref>{{cite web|title=Russell remembers Robinson|publisher=Boston.com|date=April 12, 2007|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/extra-bases/2007/04/12/russell_remembe/|access-date=August 29, 2022}}</ref> Tens of thousands of people lined the subsequent procession route to Robinson's interment site at [[Cypress Hills Cemetery]] in [[Brooklyn]], where he was buried next to his son Jackie and mother-in-law Zellee Isum.<ref name=Linge149/> Twenty-five years after Robinson's death, the Interboro Parkway was renamed the [[Jackie Robinson Parkway]] in his memory. This parkway bisects the cemetery in close proximity to Robinson's gravesite.<ref>{{cite book|last=Copquin|first=Claudia Gryvatz |author2=[[Kenneth T. Jackson|Jackson, Kenneth T.]] |title=The Neighborhoods of Queens|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2007|page=76|isbn=978-0-300-11299-3}}</ref>

After Robinson's death, his widow founded the [[Jackie Robinson Foundation]], and at 102 years old, she remains an officer as of 2025.<ref name="The Jackie Robinson Foundation">{{cite web |url=https://jackierobinson.org/about/board-of-directors/ |title=Board of Directors |access-date=April 17, 2025|publisher=[[Jackie Robinson Foundation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ashame|first=Betelhem|title=Rachel Robinson sees Jackie Robinson Foundation inspire the next generation|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=April 15, 2025|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jackie-robinson-museum-hosts-young-fans-on-day-honoring-his-legacy|access-date=April 17, 2025}}</ref> On April 15, 2008, she announced that in 2010 the foundation would open a museum devoted to Jackie in Lower Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/sports/16iht-JACKIE.1.12034776.html|title=Baseball remembers Jackie Robinson|date=April 16, 2008|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 27, 2009}}</ref> Robinson's daughter, Sharon, became a midwife, educator, director of educational programming for MLB, and the author of two books about her father.<ref>{{cite book|title=Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By |last=Robinson |first=Sharon |year=2001 |publisher=Scholastic |location=New York |url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-439-23764-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/jackiesninejacki00robi }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Promises To Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America |last=Robinson |first=Sharon |year=2004 |url-access=registration |publisher=Scholastic |location=New York |isbn=978-0-439-42592-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/promisestokeepho00robi }}</ref> His youngest son, David, who has ten children, is a coffee grower and social activist in [[Tanzania]].<ref name=sweet>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20139974,00.html |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |last=Lambert |first=Pam |title=Field of Dreams |date=May 5, 2003 |access-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204002851/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20139974,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/03/AR2005070301105.html |title=Mr. Coffee: How a Baseball Scion Put Down Roots in Africa, and Grew a Very Rich Blend |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 4, 2005 |access-date=June 16, 2010 | first=Lynne | last=Duke}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=David Robinson – Jackie Robinson Foundation|url=https://www.jackierobinson.org/people/david-robinson/|access-date=December 29, 2020|website=[[Jackie Robinson Foundation]]}}</ref>