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What happened to Bob Morales? Daughter, Wife, Net Worth, Age

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April 18, 2024

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Who is Bob Morales?

Roberto ‘Bob’ Morales was born in 1937, in the San Fernando Valley, California USA, of Mexican ancestry, and passed away in 2018 in Watsonville, California at the age of 81. He was known as a mechanic and avid motorcycle and car enthusiast, but was probably best recognized for being the elder half-brother of the famous guitarist, singer and songwriter, Ritchie Valens.

How rich is he, as of now? Bob Morales Net Worth

At the time of his death, Bob Morales’ net worth was estimated at over $100,000, acquired through his career as a mechanic. On the other hand, his brother Ritchie Valens had a fortune earned through his involvement in the music industry, estimated at over $500,000 before he died.

Early Life, Parents, Siblings, Nationality, Ethnicity, Religion, Educational Background, Personal Life, Death

Bob Morales spent his early years in the San Fernando Valley – his biological father remained a mystery, while his mother was Concepción ‘Concha’ Reyes. When he was two years old, his mother remarried to José Esteban Valenzuela, who adopted him and raised him as his own son, but they divorced when he was 14 years old. He had two younger half-brothers, Ritchie Valens and Mario Ramirez, and two younger half-sisters named Irma and Connie. He held American nationality, belonged to the Hispanic ethnic group, and was a Christian.

During the 1950s, he worked temporarily with his family in San Jose agricultural camps. Regarding his education, Bob attended San Fernando High School, but was kicked out due to his behavioral problems, and sent to Rancho San Antonio’s Boys Home, where he spent several years. When he was 22 years old, his younger brother Ritchie was killed in a plane crash; following the tragedy, he started drinking heavily, and became addicted to drugs. At the time, he was married to Rosie Caballero, whom he met in Northern California and with whom he had seven children, named Brenda, Nora, Robert, Barbara, Jeery, Richard and one more.

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In the 1970s, he left them and moved to Santa Cruz County, where he ended up working as a substance abuse counselor at a detox center, where he met his future wife Joanie; they married in 1979.

Bob Morales spent most of his life working as a mechanic. He was also a well-known motorcycle and car enthusiast, who enjoyed his time behind the wheel even though he didn’t have a driver’s license in his last 25 years. He was portrayed by actor Esai Morales in the 1987 biopic “La Bamba” about his brother Ritchie’s life. In 2012, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and underwent 42 radiation therapy sessions in 42 days, after which he became a supporter of the non-profit organization Grind Out Hunger.

However, his cancer returned, and he passed away at the age of 81, leaving behind his children and more than 30 grandchildren.

Who was his brother? Ritchie Valens Short Wiki/Bio

Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was born on 13 May 1941 under the zodiac sign of Taurus, in Pacoima, California USA, and passed away on 3 February 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa USA at the age of 17. He is considered a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, and a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock’n’roll movement.

Career Beginnings

Ritchie grew up listening to traditional Mexican mariachi music, flamenco, jump blues, and R&B, and developing his love for performing, expressing his interest in making music on his own by the time he turned five.

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Encouraged by his father, Ritchie learned to play the guitar, trumpet, and drums. While he attended Pacoima Junior High School, he used to bring his guitar along and play songs to his friends. He then enrolled into San Fernando High School, where he joined the rock band called The Silhouettes as a guitarist at the age of 16. When their main vocalist left the band, he took the position and made his performing debut with them on 19 October 1957. In a short time, he became very popular due to his improvisational skill, and was known as ‘the Little Richard of San Fernando’.

Rise to Fame

He soon caught the attention of the owner of small record label Del-Fi Records in Hollywood, Bob Keane, who invited Ritchie to an audition, and signed him to the label in May 1958.

He chose the name ‘Ritchie’ to be different from all other ‘Richards’ in the music industry, and shortened his surname to ‘Valens’. He immediately started recording demos with a full band, that included such musicians as Carol Kaye, Earl Palmer and René Hall. The first songs they recorded at a single session were “Framed” and “Come On, Let’s Go”, both of which were instant hits, the latter peaking at No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

His next and final disc that had two songs – “Donna” and “La Bamba” – was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), since it sold more than a million copies.

The song “Donna” was a tribute to Donna Ludwig, his high school sweetheart, and was his highest-charting single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His most notable song was “La Bamba”, which was adapted from a Mexican folk song and ranked No. 345 on the list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. His recording of the song was even inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame.

Further Career and Death

In 1958, Ritchie quit high school to focus on his career, and started touring across the US, and making appearances on various TV programs. Although he previously had a fear of flying since witnessing a terrible plane accident at a young age, he managed to overcome his fear.

The following year, he and his band went on the “Winter Dance Party” tour across the Midwest, which proved to be quite difficult since they had long journeys between venues and traveled in cold and uncomfortable buses which affected their health, so after their performance in Clear Lake, Iowa, they charter a small plane to reach their next venue. Shortly after the plane took off, the pilot lost control and it crashed, killing them all. Besides Ritchie and pilot Roger Peterson, there were also musicians Buddy Holly and ‘The Big Bopper’ J. P. Richardson on board.

The day of the tragic accident became known as “The Day the Music Died”, as Don McLean wrote in his 1971 song “American Pie”. In 2001, Ritchie was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

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April Dubois’ Sad Life: What happened to Wesley Snipes’ ex-wife?

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April 18, 2024

Martha Clifford

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Who is April Dubois?

Many celebrities have some secret that they want to keep in the past, which usually involve failed marriages they don’t want to talk about. Most of them go on with their lives, and their exes who stayed behind become some kind of ghosts of the past who seem to scare them, and they avoid answering questions about their previous marriages.

One of these ‘ghosts’ is Wesley Snipes’ ex-wife, April Dubois, a young woman who was by his side when he was at the beginning of his career. If you ever wanted to know more about her, let us tell you the naked truth about her sad life.

April Eloise Dubois was born under the zodiac sign of Aquarius on 31 January 1961, and although it hasn’t been revealed which is her hometown, it’s known that she was born in the USA, thus she holds American nationality, and belongs to a family of mixed ethnicity. People assume that besides her African-American heritage, she possibly has French ancestors, and the reason for this belief is her surname, which is characteristic of French citizens.

Nothingis known about her childhood and her family, and her educational background is also unknown to the public, as is her occupation.

Marriage with Wesley Snipes

Since neither April nor Wesley spoke about how they met, people assume that their relationship started when they were both in college, in their early 20s, however, it’s known that they tied the knot in 1985.

In 1988, April gave birth to their son, Jelani Asar Snipes, who made a brief cameo appearance in one of Wesley’s movies, “Mo’ Better Blues” in 1990, his first and last interaction with the entertainment industry. According to his Linked-in profile, he currently works as the Chief Marketing Officer at Nukanga Metamarketing LLC, in Atlanta, Georgia.

At the time of his marriage to April, Wesley was at the beginning of his acting career, and after he was discovered by a talent agent, their seemingly normal life, far from the media’s attention, started to change.

With the growth of Wesley’s popularity, it seems that their marriage started to develop cracks, and they divorced in 1990.

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What happened to her?

After the divorce, April withdrew from public life, and since then has been keeping her private life under the wraps too – she has no social media accounts, thus it’s hard to find out more about her life.

However, many people assume that she struggled through her life as a single mother, raising her son and working various jobs to provide for them. Some rumors were saying that Wesley didn’t help her financially, although on the other side, assumptions were saying that he helped his son to get his college education. None of this gossip has been confirmed by April or Wesley, and we can only guess what happened to this young girl who was left alone with her child, while her ex-husband continued his life and created a new family with another woman.

Who is Wesley Snipes?

A film producer, martial artist, and an actor with 70 credits to his name, Wesley Trent Snipes was born under the zodiac sign Leo on 31 July 1962, in Orlando, Florida USA; he holds American nationality and is of African-American ethnicity. He was raised in The Bronx, New York City, alongside his siblings Quentin and Bridget, by their mother Marian Long Snipes, who was a teacher’s assistant, and father Wesley Rudolph Snipes who served in the US Air Force and was an aircraft engineer.

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Wesley attended the High School of Performing Arts of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, then when his family moved back to Florida, he attended Jones High School in Orlando, and upon matriculating in 1980, returned to New York and enrolled at the State University of New York at Purchase, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree of Fine Arts, in 1984.

Wesley made his acting debut portraying Marty in an episode of the series “All My Children” in 1984, however, his first movie appearance was his breakthrough role, when cast to play Trumaine in the 1986 movie “Wildcats”, also starring Goldie Hawn, Robyn Lively and Swoosie Kurtz, after which his acting career started blossoming.

Since the list of his roles is too long to enumerate, we will mention some of his most notable, and indeed, the one which brought him international recognition is his role in the 1998 movie “Blade“, and for which he won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor-Horror, and the movie’s 2002 sequel “Blade II“ was also very successful, and for which he was nominated for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Saturn Award for Best Horror Film. The second sequel, “Blade: Trinity” was filmed in 2004, and he was nominated for the same Saturn Award.

In the early 2000s, the audience enjoyed Wesley’s performance in movies such as “Brooklyn’s Finest” (2009), “Game of Death“ (2011), and “The Expendables 3“ (2014), among others, while in the following years, he was seen in “Chi-Raq“ (2015), “Armed Response“, and “The Recall“( both in 2017), among numerous others.

Some of his most recent roles have been in the movies “Dolemite Is My Name“ in 2019, “Cut Throat City“ (2020), and “Coming 2 America“ (2021), while television viewers enjoyed his acting in the series’ “True Story” and “Paper Empire“ in 2021.

Speaking of his personal life, after his and April’s marriage ended, he was in a relationship with Pilar Sanders, and then in 1993 he dated Jada Pinkett Smith (current wife of Will Smith), and from 1994 until 1995, he dated famous singer and actress Jennifer Lopez. In the following year, Wesley began his relationship with Donna Wong, his co-star in “Blade“, and they were together until 1998.

In 2003, Wesley married Nakyung ‘Nikki’ Park, a South Korean artist and painter, with whom he has four children, namely Akhenaten Kihwa-T, Alimayu Moa-T, Iset Jua-T and Alaafia Jehu-T, all of whom made cameo appearances in his latest movie “Coming 2 America”.

Many people have wondered how much money Wesley earns, and his wealth is an interesting topic for most of his fans – according to sources, as of June 2022, his net worth has been estimated at over $10 million.

There is no public information regarding April Dubois’ net worth, however, some evil tongues say that she certainly doesn’t live such a carefree life as he does, at least as far as finances are concerned.

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Steve Harvey’s son Jason Harvey Wiki: Wife, Siblings, Net Worth

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April 18, 2024

Martha Clifford

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Who is Jason Harvey?

Jason was born in the USA – his exact date of birth hasn’t been disclosed, probably in 1990, so it’s believed that he’s 32 years old, and that his zodiac sign is Pisces, while he holds American nationality. He’s a fashion designer and model, while he’s probably known best for being the adoptive son of famous American TV show host, actor and comedian Broderick Stephen ‘Steve’ Harvey, Sr.

Early life and siblings

Jason was raised in California alongside his siblings Morgan and Lori, by their mother Marjorie Bridges and their father about whom not a lot is known, as Jason respects his privacy; it’s believed that his parents divorced when he was six years old. His sister Lori’s today a successful model, socialite and entrepreneur.

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Jason grew up being interested in a couple of activities, and was physically highly active while attending a local high school; he played both soccer and baseball for school teams, and also enjoyed acting with the school’s drama club, as well as dancing.

It’s believed that Jason matriculated in 2008, and that he then enrolled at college, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 2012.

Jason’s career

Jason hasn’t shared many details related to his career with the public, as he prefers to keep his personal matters to himself, however, it’s widely known that he’s today working as a model, and that he’s also ventured into fashion designing. He’s today the owner of his own luxury women’s footwear company Yevrah.

Love life and wife

Jason’s quite open when it comes to talking about his love life, and it’s widely known that he’s today a married man. He exchanged vows with American model Amanda Harvey on 26 August 2013, in a small ceremony attended by only the closest of their friends and family members. Amanda’s also a social media star, and is today followed by over 100,000 people on Instagram, while she’s uploaded close to 1,200 pictures, most of which have been taken during her modelling photoshoots. She’s today signed to multiple modeling agencies, including One.1 NY, Wilhelmina LA, and Fashion Milan.

Amanda gave birth to their daughter Rose Alora Harvey on 19 June 2014, and their first son Noah Ellington Harvey followed on 21 August 2015; their second son Ezra Nehemiah Harvey was born on 5 September 2018.

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Jason hasn’t mentioned any other women whom he’s perhaps been with, so as of June 2022, he’s married to Amanda Harvey, and has three children with her.

Hobbies and other interests

Jason’s a huge fan of tattoos, and has many inked onto various parts of his body.

He’s physically highly active, and has five to six training sessions at the gym every week, thus his muscular body; he’s also following a strict diet, and avoids eating sweets and fast food.

One of Jason’s favorite hobbies is perhaps travelling; his career has taken him to more than 10 US states, while he’s also been to a couple of European and Asian countries; his dream travel destination is Paris, France.

Jason’s a philanthropist, and he and his wife have attended a couple of charity events; he’s mostly focused on donating money to organizations which aim to help underprivileged children.

He likes to watch movies in his spare time, and his favorite actors and actresses are Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter, while a couple of his favorite films include “Good Will Hunting”, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Fight Club”.

Age, height and net worth

Jason’s believed to be 32 years old. He has short black hair and brown eyes, his height is 5ft 10ins (1.8m) and he weighs around 155lbs (70kgs).

As of June 2022, Jason’s net worth stands at over $200,000, while his adoptive father Steve’s net worth has been estimated at more than $200 million.

Who is his adoptive father Steve Harvey?

Steve was born in Welch, West Virginia USA, on 17 January 1957 – his zodiac sign is Capricorn, and he holds American nationality. He’s probably known best for hosting the short comedy game-show “Family Feud”; each episode follows two families competing by answering survey questions, for a prize of $20,000, and if they win five times in a row, a brand new car.

Steve was raised in Welch alongside his siblings Terry, Mona and Pauline, by their mother Eloise Vera who was a housewife, and their father Jesse Harvey who was a coal miner. Steve had a problem with stuttering while growing up, but was able to overcome it.

The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio when Steve was around 11 years old, and the street which they lived in – East 112th Street – was in 2015 renamed to Steve Harvey Way.

He studied at Glenville High School, and it was during his four years there that he became interested in comedy. Upon matriculating in 1974, Steve enrolled at Kent State University, then transferred to West Virginia University two years later, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in 1978.

Prior to launching his career on TV, Steve worked numerous jobs, including being a mail carrier, insurance salesman and carpet cleaner. It was on 8 October 1985 that he performed stand-up comedy for the first time, and because he then prematurely quit his other jobs, and focused solely on comedy, Steve was homeless for three years, sleeping in his 1976 Ford.

He was a finalist in the 1990 Second Annual Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search, and this helped him to be hired to host the variety show “It’s Showtime at the Apollo”. Steve was then invited to star in the 1994 sitcom “Me and the Boys”, and between 1996 and 2002, he hosted his own comedy program “The Steve Harvey Show”.

He’s been hosting the weekday radio program “The Steve Harvey Morning Show” since 2000, and he’s also a bit of an actor, having appeared in 2003 in the musical comedy movie “The Fighting Temptations” and the teen comedy movie “Love Don’t Cost a Thing”, and in 2005 the sports comedy film “Racing Stripes”.

He published his book “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” in 2009.

It was in September 2010 that Steve began hosting “Family Feud”, while he’s today also hosting “Celebrity Family Feud”.

In 2017, Steve launched Steve Harvey Global, uniting all of his businesses under one.

He married his first wife Marcia in 1981, and they have a son Broderick Harvey Jr. together, and twin daughters Brandi and Karli, but they divorced in 1994. Steve married his second wife Mary Shackelford in 1996, and she gave birth to their son Wynton; they divorced in November 2005. After marrying Marjorie in June 2007, Steve revealed that she changed his life, and made him a better man.

Although he’s one of the most popular entertainers in America, there are also a lot of people who dislike Steve, believing him to be racist and self-centered; in January 2017, he ridiculed Asian men in his show “Steve Harvey”, claiming that he doesn’t understand why any black or white women would want to go out with them.