 Humbert Roque Versace was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 2, 1937.He was the eldest of five children born to Marie Teresa Ríos (1917–1999)—the author of three books, including the "Fifteenth Pelican", on which "The Flying Nun" (starring Sally Field), the TV series of the 1960s, was based—and Colonel Humbert Joseph Versace (1911–1972).Versace grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. during his freshman and sophomore years.