He immersed himself in interior design.
In 2003, Rogers and his business partner Jim Weinberg formed Kenji Design studios and won contracts to design public spaces, model units, graphics, and employee attire in northwest Atlanta. Rogers revealed that his design skills were self-taught by doing twenty houses on his own.
He’s an entrepreneur.
In 1991, Rogers collaborated with a former Kentucky Fried Chicken CEO to launch the restaurant chain Kenny Rogers Roasters.
He loved photography, too.
Rogers admitted that when he impulsively gets involved with something, he gets obsessed with it – and that’s what happened with photography. He published a photobook Kenny Rogers’ America, a tour of US landmarks. He followed it up with Your Friends and Mine, which is a collection of celebrity portraits including Elizabeth Taylor, Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, and more.
He was married five times.
Rogers married four times before finding the woman he would spend the rest of his life with. In 1997, Rogers married restaurant hostess Wanda Miller. They were married for twenty-two years until his death in 2020. The couple was also blessed with twin sons, Justin and Jordan. Rogers has three more children from his previous marriages.
