Editing Myron Cope (section)

== Family life ==
Cope married Mildred Lindberg of [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]] in 1965, and the couple moved to [[Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania|Mt. Lebanon]].<ref>
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In 1972, the Copes moved to nearby [[Upper St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania|Upper St. Clair]].<ref name=Woodridge>
{{cite news| url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06308/735188-30.stm| work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]| title=Yoi-cation is everything: Myron Cope, Frank Gustine Jr. downsized to Mt. Lebanon| author=Kevin Kirkland| date=2006-11-04}}
</ref>  Mildred died on September 20, 1994.<ref name= "doubleyoi">{{cite book| last = Cope| first = Myron | title = Double Yoi!| publisher = Sports Publishing, L.L.C.| year = 2002| isbn = 1-58261-548-9}}
</ref>  In 1999, Cope moved back to Mt. Lebanon, to a condo in the Woodridge neighborhood.<ref name=Woodridge/>  He remained there until his final days, when he entered a Mt. Lebanon nursing home.<ref name=erietimes/>

Cope had three children, Elizabeth, Martha Ann, and Daniel.<ref name= "doubleyoi"/> Martha Ann died shortly after her birth.<ref name=Yahoo>{{cite web| url =https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-cope| author =Alan Robinson| publisher =Yahoo! Sports, via [[Associated Press]]| title =Steelers' former radio announcer Myron Cope dies at 79| access-date =2008-02-28| archive-date =May 22, 2011| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110522151044/http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-obit-cope| url-status =dead}}</ref> His son, Daniel, was born with severe [[autism]]; he has lived most of his life at the [[Allegheny Valley School]], an institution specializing in intellectual developmental disabilities.<ref name="AVSchool"/> Cope devoted much of his time and energy to Pittsburgh causes addressing autism, and spoke candidly about his experiences as the parent of a child with autism and his efforts to better educate the public at large about autism.<ref name="AVSchool">{{cite web| author = Allegheny Valley School| title = Allegheny Valley School Mourns the Loss of Myron Cope| publisher = Allegheny Valley School| date = 2008-02-27| url = http://www.avs.net/terribletowel.cfm| access-date = 2008-02-29| archive-date = May 11, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080511235240/http://www.avs.net/terribletowel.cfm| url-status = dead}}</ref>