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I've always known, all my life, that I was going to be something special. I never knew what it was, but I always had that feeling. I think my mother installed it when I was a little guy.

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Tommy Chong
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: May 24
Actor
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Screenwriter
Television Actor
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Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
Thomas B. Kin Chong
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