Heather Locklear: A rollercoaster ride through love and heartache

At home, however, there were no major issues, and Heather has described her childhood as loving and happy.

The actress has often spoken warmly about her parents, and praised their strong marriage. Her mother was a production executive and her father was a former colonel in the Marine Corps.

”My father was a Marine colonel, very loving, but there’d be a look in his eyes when he was displeased,” Heather told New York Times.

Family catastrophe

However, there were terrible things that shook Heather’s childhood, things no child should have to experience up close.