Gary, an American stand-up comedy artist, was born and raised in Cincinnati.
Before he began his career in entertainment, he was serving in the Navy and afterward gained a nickname as the funniest serviceman.
Date of birth: July 26, 1974
Zodiac sign: Leo
Gary performed in San Diego and gathered a large follower base. He had a chance to lead in The Comedy Show and later hosted Comic View. In 2011, he produced two stand-up DVDs that brought him a new audience. Gary starred in the comedy Think Like a Man with Kevin Hart, Rebound, and Daddy Day Care.
No doubt, comedy fans know many details about his shows and quotes from his podcasts, but let’s discover some facts about his family and private life.
Gary Owen parents
Gary Owens Sr. (father)
Date of birth: May 29 (year is unknown)
Gary is American-born and grew up in Cincinnati. Not much information is known about his occupation, but despite his hardworking attitude, at the beginning family would live in the trailer park and couldn’t afford good apartments.
After his son’s debut and success as a stand-up comedian, he started to appear in his podcasts and Youtube shows. As it appeared, he does have a good sense of humor.
Barb Soto Randall (mother)
Date of birth: October 8 (year is unknown)
Barb is an American native and is more known as Gary Owen’s mother. She works in Ilsco Corporation as manager.
In relations with Gary Sr. she gave to their son Gary Owen Jr.
With her husband Rodney Randall she had 3 more kids: Dallas (late), Ashley and Kyle.
Jane Murphy-Owens (step-mother)
Gary Sr. married Jane and together they parented to kids, twins Emma and Kayla.
Gary Owen siblings
Emma Owens Kahlig (paternal half-sister)
Date of birth: December 19 (year is unknown)
Emma was born on the same day as Kayla. They are twins. Emma was studying medicine at the University of Findlay and later was working as a graduate assistant in the university department.
Emma works as a therapist at EncompassCare rehabilitation center.
She is married and gave birth to two babies. She is active on Facebook.
Kayla Owens Gatherwright (paternal half-sister)
Date of birth: December 19 (year is unknown)
Kayla and Emma share a similar appearance, as they are twins.
She is married to Matt Gatherwright and gave birth to twins as well. She shares her family photos on her Facebook and Instagram pages.
Michelle Truss (maternal half-sister)
Date of birth: unknown
Michelle has been married to Charles Truss since 2013 and has a daughter. She is Gary’s half-sister of mixed black-white race. She was born from Barb’s other relationship.
Ashley Muska (maternal half-sister)
Date of birth: unknown
Ashley lives in Ohio and is married to man named Nick Muska.
Kyle Soto Randall (maternal half-brother)
Date of birth: unknown
There is no information about Kyle and any of his mutual photos at the family gatherings.
Dallas Edward Randall (maternal half-brother)
Date of birthday: October 12, 1981
Date of death: May 20, 2015 (aged 33)
There are no detailed information about Dallas and his death reason. It is known he was married to Jillian Walker and raised a daughter Aryanna Dallas Randall. He was a son of Barb and Rodney Randall. His obituary.
Kenya Duke (ex-wife)
Date of birth: July 26, 1974
Marriage duration: July 19, 2003 – March 19, 2021
Kenya was born in Ohio and she has African-American roots. She is a dedicated Christian.
She is a successful businesswoman and a CEO of a travel agency called Premier Sports. Another travel company, where she runs her business is called Corporate Travel Company. She helps to manage musical tour plans and traveling tours for famous sportsmen and TV production teams.
The future couple met for the first time at the Cubby store, where Garry was performing his stand-up show. An interesting fact is that they met at the same store for the second time; hence, they started their relationship.
In the marriage, they gave birth to two children. Kenya also has a child from her first marriage. Despite many years of a happy life, she filed for a divorce and claimed the $44.000 spousal support.
Austin Owen (son)
Date of birth: November 26, 2000
Austin is the firstborn child in Gary’s marriage.
Austin appeared several times in his father’s The Gary Owen Show and it was reported that he is interested in the comedy business.
Kennedy Owen (daughter)
Date of birthday: July 03, 2002
Kennedy is studying at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University. As Gary informed, Ken always wanted to study there.
The girl is very close with her mother and keeps some distance from Gary after their divorce.
Emilio Toliver (adopted son)
Date of birthday: June 18, 1991
Emilio is Kenya’s son from her first marriage. He was born in Oakland. His biological father is Toliver Kenya.
When Gary decided to get married to Kenya, he took a boy as his own son and even adopted him.
He was studying at the Ohio Arts Institute.
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