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I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.

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Wavy Gravy
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Circus Performer
Comedian
Entertainer
Street Artist
Writer
Hugh Romney
Hugh Nanton Romney
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