Charles Wade Barkley was born on February 20, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois. He is a former professional basketball player from the United States who now works as a television analyst for TNT.
Barkley, also known as “Sir Charles,” “Chuck,” and “the Round Mound of Rebound,” played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for three teams, earning him the nicknames “Sir Charles,” “Chuck,” and “the Round Mound of Rebound.”
Charles Barkley’s parents: Frank Barkley, Charcey Glenn
Born in 1968, Charles Barkley was raised in Leeds, Alabama. Barkley had a rough childhood with his father Frank Barkley abandoning his family after divorcing Barkley’s mother, Charley Glenn. His mother however moved on and remarried. Barkley’s stepfather passed away in an accident when the former was just 11 years old.
Charles Barkley’s parent’s nationality and ethnicity
Charles parent’s nationality is American while their ethnicity is Afro-American.
Are Charles Barkley’s parents still alive?
Charles Barkley surrounded himself with a supportive family to help him during strenuous points in his career. Barkley said, “And last and definitely not least, my dad passed away Christmas week. And I and my dad have had a complicated relationship.
Charles’s mother, Charley Glenn, died at her home in Alabama. The Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s Office says Glenn died Friday in her hometown of Leeds, east of Birmingham. She was 73.
