Ex-NFL player Mel Owens took center stage during the Sept. 24 season premiere of "The Golden Bachelor," but it was the mention of his father’s athletic history that caught the attention of some ...

The elder Owens passed away five years ago, almost to the day of the Golden Bachelor premiere — he died on September 20, 2020, at the age of 87. In the press release announcing Mel as the new Golden ...

ABC's newest "Golden Bachelor," who initially gained notoriety for saying he doesn't want to date anyone as old as him, was center stage Wednesday as the ABC's reality dating show premiered, ...

Golden Bachelor lead Mel Owens isn’t just making headlines for his turn on ABC’s hit senior dating spinoff. His family legacy is also pretty special — his late father, Walter “Walt” Owens, was a Hall ...