Shawn “Clown” Crahan’s Wife Chantel Crahan

Chantel Crahan

Chantel Crahan is the beautiful wife of musician Shawn “Clown” Crahan, the Des Moines native is the percussionist and founding member of the heavy metal band Slipknot.



Crahan and his wife Chantel revealed with a saddened heart their youngest daughter Gabrielle Crahan died on Saturday, May 18th, 2019. He posted the news about Gabby on Twitter and Instagram.

Chantel Crahan

“It is with a broken heart, and from a place of the deepest pain, that I have to inform all of you that my youngest daughter, Gabrielle, passed away yesterday – Saturday May 18th, 2019. She was 22 years old.”

Chantel Crahan

Shawn’s wife Chantel was born Chantel Noyes on May 17, 1970, in Des Moines; she studied at Theodore Roosevelt High School and subsequently went to Iowa State University. Mrs. Crahan is a jewelry designer in Iowa.

Furthermore, Chantel married Shawn in June 1992, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Chantel Crahan

They have four children; daughters Gabrielle & Alexandria Kristine and sons, Gage and Simon.

Chantel Crahan

Alexandria is married to Ian Conway; Gage is a percussion technician for Slipknot; Simon, 15, is a talented drummer; Gabrielle was born on  September 27, 1996. According to TMZ, Gabrielle died from an apparent drug overdose.