A Dramatic Beginning
Lee’s childhood is something out of a movie. He was born on April 23, 1939, in Wyandotte, Michigan, where he was raised by two people he thought were his parents. But after he found a pile of old articles describing two horrific accidents, he realized that both of his parents were, in fact, dead.
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His dad had died in a steel mill accident a little before he was born, and his mom died after she was hit by a drunk driver on her way to work. So, at one year old, Lee Majors was already an orphan. He was overwhelmed to discover that the man and woman who took him in were actually his aunt and uncle. Instead of falling into despair, Majors claimed, “I made up my mind right then, that my stepparents would never regret having adopted me.”