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Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up.

Jonathan Tropper

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Jonathan Tropper
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 19
Executive Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Riverdale
New York City
Circumstances
Growing
Best
Even
Something
Tragic
Damn

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