Tim Robinson was born April 9, 1956 to Paul Earl Robinson and Patricia Laura Jane Smith Robinson in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended Skelly Junior High in 1971 and Nathan Hale High School, graduating in 1974. He attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He became an engineer for Sun Oil Company. He passed away at age 22, on February 18, 1979 in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma. He was survived by his parents, sister Connie and brother Larry.