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I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

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Ricky Martin
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: December 24
Composer
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Enrico Jose Martinez del Morales
Enrique Martín Morales
Enrique José Martín Morales
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