Caring was born in June 1948,[REF] the middle child of three born to Louis Caringi, an Italian-American GI, stationed in London during World War II, and Sylvia Parnes,[REF] a Jewish-immigrant nurse who met him in the ambulance on his way to hospital, and cared for him during his recovery [REF].
Caring was brought up in Finchley and enjoyed playing Monopoly [REF].