Personal Life
Quatro was born into a Catholic musical family in Detroit, Michigan. Her father Art, a part-time jazz musician, was of Italian descent while her mother, Helen Sanislay, was Hungarian. Quatro stated in her autobiography that her paternal grandfather shortened the family name from "Quattrocchi" before she was born. Her sister Arlene is the mother of actor Sherilyn Fenn. Her sister Patti joined the band Fanny, one of the earliest all-female rock bands to gain national attention. Quatro has a brother, Michael Quatro, who is also a musician.
Quatro married her longtime guitarist Len Tuckey in 1976. They had two children together (Laura in 1982 and Richard Leonard in 1984) and divorced in 1992. Before 1993, Quatro lived with her two children in a manor house in Essex that she and Tuckey bought in 1980. She married German concert promoter Rainer Haas in 1993. In 2006 her daughter and grandchild moved into the manor house again. Toward the end of 2008, Quatro's children moved out of the house and she temporarily put it up for sale, stating that she had empty nest syndrome. Quatro continues to live in Essex, England.
On 31 March 2012, Quatro broke her right knee and left wrist whilst boarding an aircraft in Kiev, where she had performed the night before. She had to cancel her appearance at the Detroit Music Awards, where she was to be inducted into the Detroit hall of fame along with her sisters, scheduled for 27 April. This would have been her first performance in America for over 30 years. Quatro also had to re-schedule other concert dates, whilst some were cancelled altogether.
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