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Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.

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Bill Walton
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
Basketball Player
La Mesa
California
William Theodore Walton
William Theodore Walton III
Basketball
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