- Born
- Birth nameMatthew Gray Nelson
- Matthew Nelson is a American singer-songwriter and musician who, with his twin brother Gunnar Nelson, is a member of the multi-platinum-selling band Nelson, which had a #1 hit in 1990 with the single "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection". Entertaining is encoded in Nelson's DNA -- his father was pop star Ricky Nelson and his mother was actress Kristin Nelson, the sister of TV superstar Mark Harmon.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jon C. Hopwood
- SpousesKari Ahlstrom(September 23, 2013 - present) (1 child)Yvette Nelson(July 14, 1995 - September 14, 2011) (divorced)
- Parents
- RelativesMark Harmon(Aunt or Uncle)David Nelson(Aunt or Uncle)Sam Nelson(Sibling)John Nelson(Cousin)Teri Nelson Carpenter(Cousin)
- One son with wife Kari Ahlstrom, Ozzie Matthew Nelson, born August 29,2014.
- As soon as Matthew and Gunnar Nelson turned 18 their mother said that they would either have to go to college or they would have to find another place to live. The Nelsons packed up their pickup truck and left to live with their father.
- He and his brothers Gunnar Nelson, and Sam Nelson, and his sister Tracy Nelson have always maintained that their father's 1985 plane crash death was the result of a malfunctioning heater and not of alleged drug use on the plane.
- Son of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Nelson
- Grandson of Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson. Brother of Tracy Nelson, Gunnar Nelson, and Sam Nelson. Nephew of David Nelson, Mark Harmon, and Kelly Harmon. His maternal grandparents are the football great (and later sport broadcaster) Tom Harmon, and the 1940s "B" movie actress Elyse Knox.
- Whenever he was and town and could go (to Matt and Gunnar's parent-teacher conferences), I remember my teachers, who were normally the most stoic people. Non-emotions, just absolute flatlines. When he would walk in, they would start crackling and turn into little girls. That's the one thing that I remember. I was like, 'Well, they didn't do that for Johnny's dad.' Something special was up here.
- There are three things that bring me back to my dad. The sound of a steel-stringed acoustic guitar, Spring Menthol 100's and Polo Cologne. And I can go somewhere where there's no one smoking and nobody wearing cologne and I can smell him.
- I've said it before and I really mean it. I'd give up everything I have for five more minutes with my dad.
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