When Lawrence Henry Murphy was born on 11 June 1934, in Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States, his father, William Larry Murphy, was 24 and his mother, Jessie Alice Davidson, was 17. He lived in Election Precinct 18, Washington, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 5 March 1991, in Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States.