Personal Life
Bobby has been married to Cynthia Jean (known as Cindy) since September 14, 1966. Together they have a daughter, Jessica Ida Heenan-Solt (born 1978). Heenan became a grandfather when his grandson Austin was born in 2008.
Although on-screen they were often at odds, Heenan was actually very close with his WWF broadcast partner Gorilla Monsoon. Heenan was working for WCW when Monsoon died on October 6, 1999 and Heenan reportedly insisted that WCW announce the death of his friend on the air despite Monsoon having never worked for WCW. On the October 11 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Heenan and Schiavone announced Gorilla's death, with Heenan giving him a goodbye. Word has it that Schiavone was against any mention of Monsoon on the show and Heenan resented him for it. Later on in the show when Schiavone asked for Heenan's opinion on an upcoming tag team match Heenan responded, "I can't hear you from way down here", (because Tony wanted his seat higher than Bobby's.) Afterwards he mumbled some unintelligible words towards Tony, in tears, before the camera cut away. During his WWE Hall of Fame induction speech, Heenan stated that Monsoon's presence was the only thing missing from the occasion. Heenan is also good friends with Gene Okerlund.
He also, despite being at odds with him, even during his heel run, has been friends with Hulk Hogan for a long time. Heenan even wrote praises for Hogan in his autobiography, Bobby The Brain: Wrestling Bad Boy Tells All, while Hogan wrote the foreword for the book.
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