Who is Julius Erving's wife Dorys Madden? All you need to about the legend's spouse

Dorys Madden is the second wife of former NBA superstar Julius Erving, popularly known as "Dr. J." Madden, 53, was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She is a businesswoman as per her current professional status. Madden was previously a tobacco retail dealer.

She is an American by nationality and is of Mestizos ethnicity, related to Native Americans of European descent. She is also commonly known as Mrs. Dorry Erving, Dorys Madisson and Chapulin.

Exploring details about Julius Erving and Dorys Madden's relationship and marriage

Dorys Madden and Julius Erving started dating while the latter was still married to his first wife, Turquoise Erving. Dr. J had two kids with Madden before they tied the knot, Jules and Julietta. Dorys and Dr. J have a 19-year age difference, but they have worked through the age gap and lived a happy married life.

Erving and Madden started dating after the former's relationship with his ex-wife, Turquoise, was derailed following the unfortunate death of their son Cory in 2000 when he was 19. Cory went missing for weeks until it was discovered that he had died after drowning in a pond he drove his car into.

After that, Dr. J divorced Turquoise and had two more children with Dorys. In 2008, he married Madden. Apart from the details mentioned above, little is known about Madden's personal life and her marriage to Erving.

Julius Erving's personal life has had many ups and downs

Julius Erving enjoyed a lot of success as an NBA player. He won three championships (two ABA titles) and recorded many finals appearances. Erving made 16 All-Star appearances (five ABA All-Star selections). He was also a four-time league MVP (three ABA MVPs), and secured multiple All-NBA selections.

Erving also made the NBA's 35th, 50th, and 75th-anniversary teams. Dr. J's excellent career didn't translate into a smooth personal life for the former Philadelphia 76ers legend.

He had multiple kids while being married to his first wife, Turquoise Erving, who had four kids with him during their 31-year-old marriage. Erving's first child outside of marriage was sportswriter Samantha Stevenson. They had a baby girl named Alexandra Stevenson, who became a professional tennis player.

The knowledge of his firstborn child outside marriage was made public after Alexandra made it to the 1999 Wimbledon Finals. Dr. J provided financial support to Alexandra but never developed a relationship with her. They eventually met in 2008 and developed their relationship.