 He met his future wife, Jenny Vogt, while working at the "Herald-Palladium," where she was also a reporter on the staff.They married on September 2, 1989 at Our Lady of Refuge Church, Orchard Lake Village, Michigan.While working at the "Sun-Sentinel", he played bass in a newsroom rock band called The DropHeds, consisting of amateur members from the "Miami Herald" and "Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel".