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Both his marriages ended in divorce, and even though he had five children by his first wife, his relations with them were not close. As sometimes happens, he did better as a grandfather. Like many ex-athletes, Cobb was restless in retirement, living simply despite his wealth—much of which he gave away.
The couple eventually divorced in 1947 [113] after 39 years of marriage, the last few years of which Cobb's wife lived in nearby Menlo Park. The couple had three sons and two daughters: Tyrus Raymond Jr, Shirley Marion, Herschel Roswell, James Howell, and Beverly. [33] [56] [114]
Around the same time, his wife filed for divorce and the couple split in 1947, after 39 years of marriage. They had three sons and two daughters. It is believed that he was very difficult as a father and as a husband.
4 sty 2012 · Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born December 18, 1886 in The Narrows, Georgia, the oldest of three children of William Herschel Cobb, a school teacher, and his 15-year-old wife Amanda Chitwood Cobb, who came from a prominent Georgia family.
8 sty 1995 · He beat his wife. Had he not been a great athlete, poker partner of three presidents and (thanks to early buys of General Motors and Coca-Cola stock) a millionaire, he would have done time in some kind of institution, penal or mental.
21 maj 2018 · After filing for divorce on several occasions, Cobb's wife, Charlie, finally went through with it in 1947. His second marriage in 1949 to Frances Fairburn foundered seven years later, thanks to Cobb's abusive temper, which was fueled by his excessive drinking.
When the groundskeeper’s wife started yelling at Cobb, Cobb started choking her. [6] In September 1907, Cobb began a relationship with the Coca-Cola Company that would last the remainder of his life.
