Trivia

Survived breast cancer in 1998. As a breast cancer survivor, she was honored at Lifetime's 2004 Breast Cancer Heroes Luncheon.

Mother-in-law of Siri Pinter.

Her first husband Jim ''J.D.'' Daly died from bladder cancer in 1979. They had two children together - a son Carson Daly (b. June 22, 1973) and a daughter Quinn Daly. She then remarried Richard Caruso in 1981 and was married to him until her death in 2017. Caruso died 5 weeks after his wife's death, on October 24, 2017, from bone cancer.

Had five grandchildren: Jackson James Daly (b. March 15, 2009), Etta Jones Daly (b. September 6, 2012), London Rose Daly (b. August 20, 2014) - her son Carson Daly's children with wife Siri Pinter; unnamed granddaughter (b. 2005/2006) and Katherine Ann (b. April 24, 2009) - her daughter Quinn Daly's daughters.