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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, 'OK, this is what I'm going to do for a living and I'm going to be Weird Al.'

Al Yankovic

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Al Yankovic
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 23
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