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I have made a career of creating characters who fight school authority and chomp at the bit to get out into the 'real' world and live their lives, mostly because that's the kind of teenager I was.

Chris Crutcher

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Chris Crutcher
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: July 17
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Family Therapist
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Dayton
Ohio
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Adopted. Big Deal so was Superman
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