Editing Jason Robards (section)

==Personal life==
=== Marriages and family ===
Robards was married 4 times and had 6 children. With his first wife, Eleanor Pittman, Robards had three children, including Jason III. His second marriage to actress Rachel Taylor lasted from April 1959-May 1961. He and actress [[Lauren Bacall]], his third wife, to whom he was married from 1961 to 1969, had a son, actor [[Sam Robards]]. Robards and Bacall divorced in part due to his [[alcoholism]].<ref>Bacall, Lauren. (2006). ''By Myself and Then Some''. p. 377. [[HarperCollins]], New York City. {{ISBN|978-0-06-112791-5}}.</ref> Robards had two more children with his fourth wife, Lois O'Connor, and they remained married until his death.

=== Health problems and death ===
In 1972, Robards was seriously injured in an automobile crash when he drove his car into the side of a mountain on a winding California road, requiring extensive surgery and facial reconstruction. The crash may have been related to his longtime struggle with alcoholism.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="Shaughnessy"/> Robards overcame his addiction and went on to publicly campaign for alcoholism awareness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19821015&id=2BgiAAAAIBAJ&pg=5306,8166819|title=Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adcouncil.org/content/download/1297/11435/version/1/file/matters_of_choice.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025607/http://www.adcouncil.org/content/download/1297/11435/version/1/file/matters_of_choice.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Robards was an [[American Civil War]] buff and scholar, an interest which informed his portrayal of the voice of [[Ulysses S. Grant]] in ''[[The Civil War (miniseries)|The Civil War]]'' series by filmmaker [[Ken Burns]].

Robards was a resident of the [[Southport, Connecticut|Southport]] section of [[Fairfield, Connecticut]].<ref>"From the Archives" feature ("The Week of July 8") of ''[[The Advocate (Stamford)|The Advocate]]'' ([[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]], [[Connecticut]]), July 9, 2007, page A7, Stamford edition.</ref> He died of [[lung cancer]] in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], on December 26, 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/27/theater/jason-robards-78-pre-eminent-o-neill-actor-dies.html|title=Jason Robards, 78, Pre-eminent O'Neill Actor, Dies|first= Mel|last=Gussow|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 27, 2000|accessdate=January 10, 2023}}</ref> His remains were buried at [[Oak Lawn Cemetery (Fairfield, Connecticut)|Oak Lawn Cemetery]] in Fairfield.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-mary-tyler-moore-funeral-20170130-story.html |title=Mary Tyler Moore laid to rest in Connecticut |date=2017-01-30 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=2022-11-11}}</ref>