Acting
November 18, 1941
Died at age 72
March 16, 2014
Date of Death
Blue Island, Illinois, USA
2 Credits
Gary Bettenhausen (November 18, 1941 – March 16, 2014) was an American auto racing driver & actor. He was born in Blue Island, Illinois, raised in Tinley Park, Illinois, graduated in the class of 1962 from Bremen High School (Midlothian, Illinois) in Midlothian, Illinois. He married his wife Wavelyn on January 4, 1964, and the family had three children, Gary Jr., and twin sons Cary and Todd. They had two grandchildren. At the time of his death, he resided in Monrovia, Indiana.