When Brian Dean Amanina Topkok was born on 29 January 1962, in Teller, Nome Census Area, Unorganized Borough, Alaska, United States, his father, Clifford Sanguk Topkok, was 23 and his mother, Aileen Rose Tweet, was 22. He died on 1 April 2003, in Anchorage, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Anchorage, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.