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We are all smiling in the picture, three brothers having a grand old time just playing around in the living room, no agendas, no buried resentments or permanent scars. Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up.

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Jonathan Tropper
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 19
Executive Producer
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