Personal Life
On March 11, 1939, he married Jessica Cadwalader. They had two sons—Cheyney, a research fellow at Oxford University and a Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Oregon, and Timothy "Tim"—and one daughter, Lisa. They lived in Manhattan's famed co-op The Dakota at 72nd and Central Park West and eventually sublet the apartment to John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Robert and Jessica remained married until her death from cancer in 1972. He died from lung cancer in New York City the following year at age 63.
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