 His second wife's name was Virginia; one of their children was Jonathan Aurthur (1948-2004), who committed suicide eight years after his own son's suicide, which he had written a book about.At the time of his death Robert Alan Authur was married to Jane Wetherell Aurthur, a former television producer; they had one daughter, Kate Aurthur, who as of 2020 was an editor at "Variety".Aurthur died of lung cancer in New York City, aged 56.