Was stricken blind on 16 March 1918 while playing a game of solitaire at the Jonathan Club in Los Angles. He had been experiencing eye problems over the previous week and was later diagnosed as having a vitreous hemorrhage. This caused an abrupt end to his prolific writing career.
Second wife, Mrs. Laura Hewett Robinson, brought three children from her former marriage: a son Arthur G. Robinson, and two daughters, Marion and Helen (later actress Helen Greene).