Editing Frank Drake (section)

== Personal life ==
Drake's hobbies included [[lapidary]] and the cultivation of [[orchid]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Billings |first1=Lee |title=[[Five Billion Years of Solitude|Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars]] |date=October 3, 2013 |publisher=Current, a member of [[Penguin Group]] |location=New York |isbn=9781617230066 |edition=1st}}</ref>

He had five children, including science journalist [[Nadia Drake]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/10/garden/eavesdroppers-listen-for-cosmic-hello.html|title=EAVESDROPPERS LISTEN FOR COSMIC HELLO|first=William J.|last=Broad|newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 10, 1985}}</ref><ref name="natgeo"/>

Drake died on September 2, 2022, at his home in [[Aptos, California]], from natural causes at the age of 92.<ref name="NYT-20220905">{{cite news |last=Overbye |first=Dennis |authorlink=Dennis Overbye |title=Frank Drake, Who Led Search for Life on Other Planets, Dies at 92 – He was convinced that human beings would eventually connect with extraterrestrials, and he inspired others to share that belief. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/science/space/frank-drake-dead.html |date=September 5, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=September 6, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Timmer | first=John | title=Frank Drake, astronomer famed for contributions to SETI, has died | website=Ars Technica | date=September 2, 2022 | url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/frank-drake-astronomer-famed-for-contributions-to-seti-has-died/ | access-date=September 2, 2022}}</ref>