Personal Life
Amos is a veteran of the 50th Armored Division of the New Jersey National Guard and Honorary Master Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard. He was married and divorced twice and has four children from his past marriages. Today, he has a third wife, Elisabete, and two additional children. He is father to daughter Shannon Amos the founder of Afterglow Multimedia and son writer/director/producer K.C. Amos, and grandfather to Quiera and Jhazz.
Amos has been a resident of Tewksbury Township, New Jersey.
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