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My mom always used to say, You'll be a better kid if you just listen.

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Morgan Spurlock
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: November 7
Documentary Filmmaker
Film Director
Journalist
Screenwriter
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Morgan Valentine Spurlock
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