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Teenagers blithely skip off to uncertain futures, while their parents sit weeping curbside in the Volvo, because the adolescent brain isn't yet formed enough to recognize and evaluate risk.

Michael J. Fox

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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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Michael Andrew Fox
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