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Along with their two sons, Bryan and Caroline also helped raise Jordan, Kris and Til -- the children of his older sister, Kelly, and her husband, Ben Cheshire -- after tragedy stuck the family. Kelly Cheshire died suddenly in 2007, and Ben Cheshire died in 2014.

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