Daniel Gale "Danny" Heiden was born on April 24, 1946 in Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe, Michigan. He was the son of Walter and Edith (Spaulding) Heiden.

On February 8, 1968, Danny married Patricia Edna Fewell at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Ida, Michigan. They had four children and were divorced on March 22, 1991.

Danny married Jane Marie Loomis in Toledo, Ohio on April 24, 1991.

On June 5, 2006, he died at the age of 60.