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I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert he was like a second father.

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Herb Ritts
Age: 50 †
Born: 1952
Born: August 13
Died: 2002
Died: December 26
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
LA
California
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