Personal Life
Severinsen's children are Nancy, Cindy, Allen, Robin and Judy. He also has eight grandchildren: Blaire, Gray and Richard (Blaire and Gray write and perform roots rock music together as the Blaire Reinhard Band). Severinsen has been married three times. Television writer and producer Emily Marshall is his third wife. They met when she was working as a secretary to The Tonight Show producer Fred de Cordova.
Severinsen owned Severinsen Custom Trumpets, manufacturer of custom-made horns, including the Destino line of trumpets he personally tests. Severinsen now helps design new Destino trumpets for the S.E. Shires Company. Severinsen also enjoys cooking and collecting American art.
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