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I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.

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Barry White
Age: 58 †
Born: 1944
Born: September 12
Died: 2003
Died: July 4
Actor
Bandleader
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Galveston
Texas
Barry Eugene Carter
Barry Eugene White
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