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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey

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Parker Stevenson
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 4
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Television Actor
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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