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Cornish died of heart disease in his sleep at his home on August 22, 2008. Cornish lived in Southlake, Texas (near Dallas) with his wife Robin, who is a registered nurse in the Dallas area, and their five children (three daughters and two sons). His father Frank Cornish, Jr. played defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins and the Chicago Bears.

On August 5, 1995, he signed as a free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars for their inaugural season. After being allowed to carry 56 players during the first three games of the season, the team was forced to reduce its roster to 53 on September 18 and released Cornish who only played on special teams.

On November 21, 1995, the Philadelphia Eagles signed him as a free agent. He appeared in 2 games and wasn't re-signed after the season.

On July 11, 1994, he was signed to a one-year contract by the Minnesota Vikings to replace Adam Schreiber. He played sparingly and saw time as the long snapper in 7 games before being released.

On November 21, 1994, he was signed by the Dallas Cowboys to provide depth on the offensive line.

In 1993, Stepnoski suffered a knee injury in the 13th game of the season against the Minnesota Vikings that required surgery. Cornish replaced him in three games, until he was passed on the depth chart by John Gesek for the Playoffs and Super Bowl XXVIII.

On April 2, 1992, the Dallas Cowboys signed him as a Plan B free agent, reuniting with his college quarterback Troy Aikman. While starter Mark Stepnoski was involved in a contract holdout during training camp, he started throughout the preseason and for the first 2 regular season contests, becoming the first African-American center to make the team in franchise history. He also replaced an injured Stepnoski late in the third quarter of the third game against the Phoenix Cardinals. In Super Bowl XXVII, Cornish and his father became the first father-son combination to have appeared in a Super Bowl (his father played in Super Bowl VI).

Cornish was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round (143rd overall) of the 1990 NFL Draft. He started all 16 games at center as a rookie. The next year, he suffered a sprained ankle in minicamp, that allowed Courtney Hall to pass him on the depth chart and he was relegated to a backup role, seeing action mostly as the team's long snapper.

He accepted a football scholarship from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a redshirt freshman he became a starter at guard for the last four games of the 1986 season, after Jim Alexander fractured his hand. The next year, he was named the starting center. He was a three-year starter (35 games) at center and was voted the team’s offensive MVP in 1989.

Frank Edgar Cornish IV (September 24, 1967 – August 22, 2008) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at UCLA and was selected in the sixth round of the 1990 NFL Draft.