When Charles Quinton Murphy was born on 12 July 1959, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, his father, Charles Edward Murphy, was 18 and his mother, Lillian Laney, was 20. He lived in New York City, New York, United States in 2007. He died on 12 April 2017, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 57.