[1] Spreckels became the stepson of Clark Gable when his mother married the actor.
[2] Spreckels met surf photographer Art Brewer in 1969 at the surf spot known as Banzai Pipeline while Brewer was on a three-month photo shoot for Surfer magazine.
His mother was Kay Spreckels (née Kathleen Williams), a former fashion model and actress.
His father was sugar-refining heir Adolph Bernard Spreckels, Jr. Clark Gable was his stepfather.
[3] He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.