When Joseph Clinton Sleeth was born on 4 July 1928, in West Virginia, United States, his father, Bhurl Clinton Sleeth, was 21 and his mother, Ruby A Losh, was 20. He lived in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, United States in 1935 and Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 10 June 1974, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Covina, Los Angeles, California, United States.