(November 26, 1963 - 1966) (divorced) (2 children) Twins
(March 22, 1967 - present)
1. Sahira K. (Los Angeles, California on April 12, 1965)
2. Thuraia K. (Los Angeles, California on April 12, 1965)
*****
10 October 1962
meets Kanan A. Awni, an U.S.C. graduate petroleum engineer. He's 31; she's 28.
26 November 63
marries Kanan A. Awni in Los Angeles. He is 33; she is 30. Awni is a petroleum engineer and occasionally for fun does small character parts in movies and on TV.
February 64
columnist Louella Parsons tells: "Now hold on - Erin is marrying a real life sheik, Kanan Abdullah Awni Al-Zaidy, whose family rules a tribe of 100,000 near Baghdad. The young sheik is getting his master's degree in cinema arts at U.S.C. - and now and then he does a little acting on the side. Recently he played a sheik in Strange Bedfellows with Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida at Universal."
12 April 65
her twin daughters, Sahira and Thuraia, are born in Los Angeles
February 66
divorces Awni in Los Angeles; the two will continue to work at solving their marital problems
22 March 67
remarries Awni in Los Angeles. He is 36; she is 33.
15 June 77
leaves with her husband and twin daughters to live in Saudi Arabia for 5 years
10 October 07
she and her husband celebrate their 45th anniversary at their home in Washington state