When Cynthia Diane Coulter was born on 12 May 1957, in Hopedale, Tazewell, Illinois, United States, her father, Billy Austin Coulter, was 26 and her mother, Edna Mae Clemons, was 27. She died on 1 July 2000, in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States.