 John Watts has three daughters (Joanna, Donna who was tragically killed in 1995 and Vanessa) and two sons (Luke and Jonathon) and six grandchildren.He is married to Lorraine and resides in the coastal city of Scarborough in Western Australia over-looking the Indian Ocean.In November 2011, he was diagnosed with a form of bone cancer, after previously having a malignant melanoma removed from the back of his neck during his football players days and prostate cancer in 2000.