AWAY FROM THE RECORDJustin and Jordan Rogers, the twin sons of late country star Kenny Rogers, have grown up and look exactly like their father. Kenny Rogers died in 2020, leaving the world of country music without a great icon. The Texas-born singer-songwriter-actor-producer, who was 81 when he died in March 2020, died of natural causes in a hospice surrounded by loved ones.Kenny’s five children, as well as Wanda, his fifth wife, are all still alive and well.
Kenny saw Wanda on a date with another woman and claimed love at first sight.”I’m not sure she even looked at me, but I noticed her.” “I don’t know what or why, but there was something incredibly different about her from the moment I saw her,” the then 54-year-old stated of Wanda, who was 26 at the time and working as a hostess at the restaurant. Wanda’s parents were not pleased with the age difference, but the two continued to date.”
Her parents are two years younger than me,” Rogers told Fox News. “When we first started dating, they called and said, ‘We want you to know we didn’t appreciate what you’re doing with our daughter.'” They dated for five years before marrying on June 1, 1997, at Kenny’s ranch near Athens, Georgia, amid considerable family resistance. Seven years later, on July 6, 2004, the couple had twin twins called Justin and Jordan in Atlanta, Georgia.
Justin Charles and Jordan Edward Rogers were both huge babies when they were born, weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces and 5 pounds, 8 ounces, respectively. Wanda has an identical twin sister, and the country music legend’s family has a history of multiple births as well.Kenny has three children from a previous marriage to Marianne Gordon, in addition to Kenny Jr., Christopher, and Carole.
Kenny Rogers stated when announcing his retirement from music in 2015, “I’ve been so lucky to have enjoyed such a long career and to have such amazing support from my fans and all who have helped me along the way, but there comes a time when I need to focus on spending time with my family.” “Right now, my life revolves around my wife and my 11-year-old twin boys.” There are so many things I want to do with them to make great memories.”
The next year, he came out of retirement to take both boys on his farewell tour, called “The Gambler’s Last Deal.” “My goal is to spend time with them and take them to places they might not have visited otherwise.” So that they may look back and say, ‘My dad took me there.’ That is my legacy to them, in my opinion,” the star told Rare Country. Kenny said he wanted to send his boys, who were 11 at the time, to Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, and Asia, but he joked that he’d “have to retire sooner” if he did.
He took his class on a safari in Africa and gave them all cameras, urging them to snap pictures of everything they thought interesting and bring them back to show the rest of the class. “They were all selfies when we got them back…”I guess I’ll have to teach them something else,” he joked. “I hope my fans understand that I’m a father first and a singer second,” Rogers said when he chose to quit touring so he could spend more time with his sons.
I’m losing out on some wonderful aspects of my boys’ lives. I know as well as anyone else how quickly time passes. I don’t want to miss out on it. I’m just concerned about how much longer I’ll be here, and I want to spend time with them. It’s quite straightforward.”In a 2017 Instagram post, Kenny Rogers cited being a father as one of his biggest joys. Kenny, as his devoted fans are well know, was forced to postpone the remainder of his 2018 tour due to health concerns.