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I went through various stages in my childhood, as we all do, various stages of obsessions with people and things. And I did. I wanted to be the first white Harlem Globetrotter.

Johnny Depp

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Johnny Depp
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 9
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John Christopher Johnny Depp II
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