Early Life
Steven Victor Tallarico was born, March 26, 1948 in Yonkers, New York, the son of Susan (née Blancha; June 2, 1925 – July 4, 2008), a secretary, and Victor A. Tallarico (May 14, 1916 – September 10, 2011), a classical musician and pianist. His father was of Italian and German descent and his mother was of Polish and English ancestry. Tyler's maternal grandfather, who was from the Russian partition of former Poland, changed his surname from "Czarnyszewicz" (from the Polish czarny 'black') to "Blancha" (from the French blanche or Catalan/Spanish blanca 'white').
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