Personal Life
The Tarkington Independent School District named the high school baseball field in his honor, being the school he graduated from.
On January 21, 2005, a small plane crashed into the back of Grimsley's house in Overland Park, Kansas. Grimsley was not home at the time, but his wife, daughter, and nanny were; they escaped unharmed. The pilot and four passengers were killed.
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