Steve Garvey, a retired baseball player, is most remembered for his time spent with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers.
The World Series winner previously wed media personality Cyndy Truhan.
Who is Steve Garvey’s ex-wife, Cyndy?
Cyndy Garvey, née Truhan, is a Detroit, Michigan native and American television personality. She was born on July 16, 1949.
For ABC’s California division, Cyndy co-anchored A.M. Los Angeles with Regis Philbin from 1978 to 1981.
She served as one of the four co-hosts of the NBC game program Games People Play from 1980 to 1981.
She and Regis collaborated once more for ABC’s The Morning Show in 1983.
The broadcaster departed the program in 1984, and Ann Abernathy took over.
Steve Garvey, a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cyndy were married on October 27, 1971.
It was revealed that Steve and Cyndy had filed for divorce in March 1983.
The former claimed that their divorce was the result of “irreconcilable differences.”
How did Steve meet Cyndy?
While attending Michigan State University together, Steve and Cyndy became friends.
Steve was a talented student-athlete at the time, and Cyndy was pursuing a career in medicine.
She reflected on the beginning of their relationship in her 1989 book.
She recalled: “He wasn’t fun, in the sense that we didn’t have great laughs, he didn’t dance with me, he didn’t hold my hand on campus.
“But I thought he was shy and I thought there was a sweetness in the shyness.
“I didn’t know, at 18, that the shyness was really aloofness.”
How many children do Steve and Cyndy have?
Daughters called Whitney and Krisha were born to Steve and Cyndy.
Two of the nine kids raised by the former San Diego Padre are named Krisha and Whitney.Three children from his second marriage to Candace Thomas were born to the retired athlete.
Additionally, Steve has kids from his prior unions with Rebecka Mendenhall and Cheryl Moulton.
