Michael Edward Tylo was born in
Detroit, Michigan, the oldest child of Elmer Edward Tylo (1927–2010), a plumber, and his wife, Margaret Ann Tylo (1929–2015). Tylo's first marriage in 1978, to Deborah Eckles, ended in divorce. He had three children with his second wife, actress
Hunter Tylo: son Michael Edward Tylo II (April 24, 1988–October 18, 2007), and daughters Izabella Gabrielle (November 12, 1996) and Katya Ariel (January 15, 1998), as well as a stepson, Christopher "Chris" Morehart (January 22, 1980), from Hunter Tylo's first marriage to Tom Morehart. That union also ended in divorce. In 1998, his infant daughter Katya was diagnosed with a rare cancer of the eye,
retinoblastoma. Doctors removed the eye and began
chemotherapy, but later in the year a tumor was detected in Katya's other eye; to the amazement of her doctors, that tumor soon inexplicably disappeared. Katya recovered and wears a prosthetic right eye. On October 18, 2007, nineteen year old Michael Edward Tylo Jr. accidentally drowned in the family pool in
Henderson, Nevada. The
Clark County Coroner concluded that "the cause of death was drowning due to seizure disorder," and was ruled
accidental. Tylo married his third wife, long-time fiancée Rachelle Reichert, on January 10, 2010. They had two daughters; Kollette Tylo (born 2012) and Gianna Tylo (born 2015). Michael Edward Tylo died in
Henderson, Nevada on September 28, 2021, at the age of 72. ==Selected filmography==