Personal Life
As a teenager, Orlando dated a woman who was the namesake for Dion's song "Runaround Sue", who later married Dion. Orlando was then introduced by Jerry Lee Lewis to his own future wife, Elaine, who had previously dated Buddy Holly. They had one child, Jon, and were divorced in 1983. In 1989, Orlando became engaged again, to Frannie Amormino. In 2002, he wrote a memoir, Halfway to Paradise.
Orlando lives in Branson with his wife Frannie and daughter Jenny Rose. Orlando's son Jon Orlando, from his first marriage, was a comedian from 1993 to 2002, and is currently the Vice President of Business Development for MEDL Mobile in Fountain Valley, California.
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