Richard Russell Herrington was born on 9 August 1957, in Ogden, Utah. His father, Ralph Lester Herrington, was 39 and his mother, Ruby Vernice Dudley, was 40. He died on 17 July 1995, in Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.