Born Edwin Charles Richards in Everittstown, NJ on October 9, 1917 to the late Reverend Kenneth George and Laura Maude Benson Richards, he later changed his name to Kenneth Edwin "Ken" Richards.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1939 and became a lieutenant colonel in the US Army from 1940 to 1945. He was a member of Chi Psi and the Advisory Editorial Board for the Surgeon General from 1948 to 1955. His career as president, vice president, and consultant for numerous women's apparel industries spanned 50 years.
He married Lois Evelyn Henderson in 1942, and they had three children together; Kenneth A. Richards, Diane Louise Richards Parmley, and Grant Benson Richards. Ken and Evelyn divorced in 1963, and he remarried to Kathleen Mary Dugan "Big Kathy" Avanzino, mother of socialite Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino (Kathy Hilton). Ken and Big Kathy had two daughters together; Kimberly Erica Richards and Kyle Egan Richards. Both were child actors who became famous socialites and television personalities in adulthood. Ken and Big Kathy separated in 1972, their divorce was finalized in 1979, and he later remarried to Sylvia Marie Benedict. They had no children together.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1939 and became a lieutenant colonel in the US Army from 1940 to 1945. He was a member of Chi Psi and the Advisory Editorial Board for the Surgeon General from 1948 to 1955. His career as president, vice president, and consultant for numerous women's apparel industries spanned 50 years.
He married Lois Evelyn Henderson in 1942, and they had three children together; Kenneth A. Richards, Diane Louise Richards Parmley, and Grant Benson Richards. Ken and Evelyn divorced in 1963, and he remarried to Kathleen Mary Dugan "Big Kathy" Avanzino, mother of socialite Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino (Kathy Hilton). Ken and Big Kathy had two daughters together; Kimberly Erica Richards and Kyle Egan Richards. Both were child actors who became famous socialites and television personalities in adulthood. Ken and Big Kathy separated in 1972, their divorce was finalized in 1979, and he later remarried to Sylvia Marie Benedict. They had no children together.
Born Edwin Charles Richards in Everittstown, NJ on October 9, 1917 to the late Reverend Kenneth George and Laura Maude Benson Richards, he later changed his name to Kenneth Edwin "Ken" Richards.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1939 and became a lieutenant colonel in the US Army from 1940 to 1945. He was a member of Chi Psi and the Advisory Editorial Board for the Surgeon General from 1948 to 1955. His career as president, vice president, and consultant for numerous women's apparel industries spanned 50 years.
He married Lois Evelyn Henderson in 1942, and they had three children together; Kenneth A. Richards, Diane Louise Richards Parmley, and Grant Benson Richards. Ken and Evelyn divorced in 1963, and he remarried to Kathleen Mary Dugan "Big Kathy" Avanzino, mother of socialite Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino (Kathy Hilton). Ken and Big Kathy had two daughters together; Kimberly Erica Richards and Kyle Egan Richards. Both were child actors who became famous socialites and television personalities in adulthood. Ken and Big Kathy separated in 1972, their divorce was finalized in 1979, and he later remarried to Sylvia Marie Benedict. They had no children together.
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1939 and became a lieutenant colonel in the US Army from 1940 to 1945. He was a member of Chi Psi and the Advisory Editorial Board for the Surgeon General from 1948 to 1955. His career as president, vice president, and consultant for numerous women's apparel industries spanned 50 years.
He married Lois Evelyn Henderson in 1942, and they had three children together; Kenneth A. Richards, Diane Louise Richards Parmley, and Grant Benson Richards. Ken and Evelyn divorced in 1963, and he remarried to Kathleen Mary Dugan "Big Kathy" Avanzino, mother of socialite Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino (Kathy Hilton). Ken and Big Kathy had two daughters together; Kimberly Erica Richards and Kyle Egan Richards. Both were child actors who became famous socialites and television personalities in adulthood. Ken and Big Kathy separated in 1972, their divorce was finalized in 1979, and he later remarried to Sylvia Marie Benedict. They had no children together.
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