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Born	October 18, 1951 (age 73) • Port Huron • Michigan
Notable Works	“A Day Late and a Dollar Short” • “Disappearing Acts” • “Getting to Happy” • “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” • “I Almost Forgot About You” • “It’s Not All Downhill from Here” • “Mama” • “The Interruption of Everything” • “Waiting to Exhale” • “Who Asked You?”

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