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When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.

Joe Torre

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
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Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
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