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Suffering traumatic losses at the age of three, Harvey Lee Yeary II, was adopted by family after his father (Carl) died in an industrial steel mill accident and his mother (Alice) was killed by a drunk driver.
Born in Wyandotte, Michigan on April 23, 1939 he was quickly adopted by relatives (Harvey & Mildred Yeary) located in Middlesboro, KY. He discovered the family secret of his adoption when he reached his teens. He had an older brother Bill by his adoptive parents (aunt and uncle). Lee later transferred back to Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, Kentucky. After several broken noses, dislocated shoulder and severe back injury that resulted in him being paralyzed from the waist down for two weeks. He married at the age of 22 to Kathy Robinson (1961) and the following year they had a son, Lee Majors Jr. (or also known as Lee Majors II). Lee first appeared on stage in Danville, Kentucky at the Pioneer Playhouse in a play entitled 7 Husbands, with his wife Kathy. The stage did not hold him there as he examined his life and acting to achieve where his football career had failed. With such encouragement he attended acting lessons (MGM drama school) for a year and then tried out for parts, determined to make it. Although fame did not come quickly,Lee had appeared with top headliners but with bit parts.
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