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I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.
Yannick Noah
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Yannick Noah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: May 18
Recording Artist
Singer
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Switzerland
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Cameroon
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