Bud & Barbara were married in 1946 and thus began the family that would become The Cowsills. Bud had a long career in the Navy retiring in 1965 to manage his childrens' career. 

Sadly, neither Barbara nor Bud is alive today to see the current Cowsills and their current successes. Barbara died in January of 1985 of emphysema while living in Arizona and Bud died of leukemia in September of 1992 while he was living in Mexico.