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Henry Winkler to Paul Zaza
Neil Young Biography (1945-)
Born November 12, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (some sources say Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada); son of Scott (a sportswriter) and Edna (a television celebrity) Young; married Susan (marriage ended); married Pegi Morton, August 2, 1978; children: (second marriage) Ben, Amber; (with Carrie Snodgrass) Zeke.Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.; Contact: Warner Bros. Reprise Records, 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505-4694.
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Musician, singer, composer, songwriter, actor, producer, director, editor, set designer
- Birth Details
- November 12, 1945
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Himself, Celebration at Big Sur, 1971
- Himself, Journey through the Past (documentary), New Line Cinema,1974
- Himself, The Last Waltz (documentary), United Artists, 1978
- Himself, Rust Never Sleeps (documentary), International Harmony, 1979
- Lionel Switch, Human Highway, Shakey, 1982
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Tears Are Not Enough, 1985
- Truck driver, Made in Heaven, Lorimar, 1987
- Westy, '68, New World, 1988
- Rick, Love at Large, Orion, 1990
- Himself, Two Rooms, 1991
- Himself, Year of the Horse (also known as Year of the Horse: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live), October Films, 1997
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Neil Young: Silver and Gold, 2000
- Himself, Mayor of Sunset Strip, 2001
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Film Work
- (As Bernard Shakey) Director, Journey through the Past (documentary), New Line Cinema, 1974
- (As Bernard Shakey) Director, editor, and set designer, Rust Never Sleeps (documentary), International Harmony, 1979
- (As Bernard Shakey) Director and music performer, Human Highway, Shakey, 1982
- Producer, Philadelphia, 1993
- Musician, Dead Man, 1995
- (As Bernard Shakey) Executive producer, guitarist, and vocalist, The Year of the Horse, October Films, 1997
- Co-executive producer, Wing Commander, 1999
- (As Bernard Shakey) Executive producer, Neil Young: Silver and Gold, 2000
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Television Appearances
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Specials
- Himself, with Crosby, Still, Nash, and Young, Live Aid, 1985
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The Best of Farm Aid: An American Event, 1986
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Rolling Stone Magazine's 20 Years of Rock 'n' Roll (also known asRolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll and RollingStone: The First Twenty Years), 1987
- Host, Farm Aid IV, 1990
- (In archive footage) Crosby, Stills, and Nash: Long Time Comin', 1991
- "Neil Young in Concert: An Austin City Limits Special," Austin City Limits, PBS, 1992
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Farm Aid V, 1992
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Columbia Records Celebrates the Music of Bob Dylan, 1992
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The Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Celebration, 1993
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Willie Nelson the Big Six-0: An All-Star Birthday Celebration, 1993
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Farm Aid VI, 1993
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Sounds of Summer Preview '95, ABC, 1995
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Farm Aid: 10th Anniversary Special, TNN, 1995
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Farm Aid 96 (also known as Farm Aid XI), TNN, 1996
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Dolly Parton: Treasures, CBS, 1996
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Farm Aid: Hope from the Heartland, TNN, 1997
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Farm Aid 97, TNN, 1997
- Himself, America: A Tribute to Heroes, 2001
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Episodic
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ABC in Concert, ABC, 1991
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Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night,
Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1992
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Center Stage, 1993
- Also appeared in Unplugged (also known as MTV Unplugged, MTV).
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Awards Presentations
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MTV's 1989 Video Music Awards, MTV, 1989
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The 1993 MTV Music Video Awards, MTV, 1993
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The 66th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1994
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The 36th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1994
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RECORDINGS
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Albums; with Buffalo Springfield
- (And remasterer) Buffalo Springfield, Atco, 1967
- (And producer) Buffalo Springfield Again, Atco, 1967
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Last Time Around, Atco, 1968
- (And producer) Best of Buffalo Springfield ... Retrospective, Atco, 1969
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Expecting to Fly, Atlantic, 1970
- Producer, Buffalo Springfield [Collection], Atco, 1973
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Star Collection, WEA, 1997
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Albums; with Crosby, Stills, and Nash
- (And producer) Deja Vu, Atlantic, 1970
- (And producer) Four-Way Street, Atlantic, 1971
- (And producer) So Far, Atlantic, 1974
- (And producer) Replay, Atlantic, 1980
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American Dream, Atlantic, 1988
- (And producer) Crosby, Stills, and Nash Box Set, Atlantic, 1991
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Albums; with Crazy Horse
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Reprise, 1969
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Cinnamon Girl, 1970
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Tonight's the Night, Reprise, 1975
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Zuma, Reprise, 1975
- (And associate producer) Crazy Moon, 1978
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Live Rust, Reprise, 1979
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Rust Never Sleeps, Reprise, 1979
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Re-ac-tor, Reprise, 1981
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Life, Geffen, 1987
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Ragged Glory, Reprise, 1990
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Arc-Weld, Reprise, 1991
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Ragged Glory + Music Special, Reprise, 1991
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Arc, Reprise, 1991
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Weld, Reprise, 1991
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Sleeps with Angels, Reprise, 1994
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Broken Arrow, Reprise, 1996
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Crazy Moon and Bonus Tracks, Raven, 1997
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Solo Albums
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Neil Young, Reprise, 1969
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After the Gold Rush, Reprise, 1970
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Journey through the Past (motion picture soundtrack), Reprise, 1972
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After the Gold Rush/Harvest, Warner Bros., 1973
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On the Beach, Reprise, 1974
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Harvest/After the Goldrush, Reprise, 1976
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Decade, Reprise, 1977
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American Stars 'n' Bars, Reprise, 1977
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Give to the Wind, Reprise, 1978
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Comes a Time, Reprise, 1978
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Hawks and Doves, Reprise, 1980
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Where the Buffalo Roam, Backstreet/MCA, 1980
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Trans, Geffen, 1983
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Old Ways, Geffen, 1985
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Landing on Water, Geffen, 1986
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The Best of Neil Young, Warner Bros., 1987
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Freedom, Reprise, 1989
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Harvest Moon, Reprise, 1992
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Lucky Thirteen, Geffen, 1993
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Unplugged, Reprise, 1993
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Gold Anniversary Edition, Warner Music, 1995
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Dead Man (original soundtrack recording), Vapor, 1996
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Year of the Horse (original soundtrack recording), Warner Bros., 1997
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Silver & Gold, Reprise, 2000
- Other albums include I'm Goin', Reprise.
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Albums; Other
- (With Stray Gators) Harvest, Reprise, 1972
- (With Stray Gators) Time Fades Away, Reprise, 1973
- (With the Shocking Pinks) Everybody's Rockin', Geffen, 1983
- (With the Bluenotes) This Note's for You, Reprise, 1988
- (With the Restless) Eldorado, Reprise, 1989
- (With Emmylou Harris) Duets, 1990
- (With Pearl Jam) Mirror Ball, Reprise, 1995
- Singles include (with USA for Africa) "We Are the World," 1985; "Big Time," Reprise, 1996. Also recorded other singles, including "Heart of Gold" and"Cinnamon Girl."
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Albums; Contributing Performer
- Monkees, Head, 1968
- Monkees, Instant Reply, 1969
- Strawberry Statement, Strawberry Statement, 1970
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina, 1971
- Joni Mitchell, Hejira, 1976
- Stephen Stills, Long May You Run, 1976
- Stephen Stills, Best of Stephen Stills, 1977
- The Band, The Last Waltz, 1978
- Emmylou Harris, Christmas Album (Light in the Stable), 1979
- Stealin' Horses, Stealin' Horses, 1985
- Willie Nelson, Half Nelson, 1985
- Warren Zevon, Transverse City, 1989
- Emmylou Harris, Duets, 1990
- Monkees, Listen to the Band, 1991
- Robbie Robertson, Storyville, 1991
- Blue Oyster Cult, Bad Channels, 1992
- Nils Lofgren, Crooked Line, 1992
- Rusty Kershaw, Now and Then, 1992
- Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert, 1993
- Randy Bachman, Any Road, 1993
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Christmas Album by Ben Keith and Friends, 1994
- Rob Wasserman, Trios, 1994
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Unplugged Collection, Vol. 1, 1994
- Warren Zevon, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology), 1996
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Way in a Manger: Country Christmas, 1997
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Bridge School Concerts, Vol. 1, 1997
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First Family of New Rock, 1997
- Also appeared on other albums.
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Album Producer
- David Rea, Brass Ring, 1971
- Stephen Stills, Long May You Run, 1976
- David Rea, Feelin' Good, 1985
- Beat Farmers, Loud and Plowed and ... LIVE!!, 1990
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Atlantic Rock and Roll, 1991
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Christmas Album by Ben Keith and Friends, 1994
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Jerry Maguire (soundtrack), 1996
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Album Work; Other
- Remasterer for Strawberry Statement, Strawberry Statement, 1970
- Engineer for David Rea, Brass Ring, 1971
- Mixer for Stephen Stills, Long May You Run, 1976
- Engineer for David Rea, Feelin' Good, 1985
- Executive producer for Bridge School Concerts, Vol. 1, 1997
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Videos
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Neil Young in Berlin, Vidamerica-Ima, 1983
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Freedom, Warner Reprise, 1990
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Ragged Glory, 1991
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Weld, Warner Reprise, 1991
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Unplugged, Warner Reprise, 1993
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Complex Sessions, Warner Reprise, 1995
- Other videos include Crazy Horse, Warner Bros., and Solo, Pioneer.
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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Journey through the Past (documentary), New Line Cinema, 1974
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Human Highway, Shakey, 1982
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Film Scores
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American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (documentary; also knownas American Boy), Cinegate, 1978
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Where the Buffalo Roam, Universal, 1980
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Human Highway, Shakey, 1982
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Dead Man, Miramax, 1995
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Die Bewerburg (also known as Interview), 1997
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Film Songs
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Changes, 1969
- "Helpless," "The Loner," and "Down by the River," The Strawberry Statement, 1970
- "Hell, Mr. Soul," Shampoo, Columbia, 1975
- "Expecting to Fly," Coming Home, United Artists, 1977
- "Time Fades Away," American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (documentary; also known as American Boy), Cinegate, 1978
- "Helpless," The Last Waltz (documentary), United Artists, 1978
- "Helpless," Hardcore, Columbia, 1979
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Rust Never Sleeps (documentary), International Harmony, 1979
- "My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)," Out of the Blue (also known asNo Looking Back,
Garconne, and Plus Riena Perdre), Discovery, 1980
- "Expecting to Fly," Purple Haze, Triumph, 1982
- "I Am a Child," "Mr. Soul," and "We've Never Danced," Made in Heaven, Lorimar, 1987
- "Cinnamon Girl," Hearts of Fire, Lorimar, 1987
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Freedom, 1989
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Weld, 1990
- "Philadelphia," Philadelphia (also known as People Like Us), 1993
- "After the Gold Rush," Jimmy Hollywood, 1994
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The Complex Sessions, 1994
- (Uncredited) "World on a String," Jerry Maguire, Columbia/TriStar,1996
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The Year of the Horse (also known as Year of the Horse: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live), October Films, 1997
- "Expecting to Fly," Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998
- "Don't Let It Bring You Down," American Beauty, 1999
- "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," Big Daddy, 1999
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Karaoke Verite, 1999
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Wonder Boys (also known as Die Wonder Boys), Paramount, 2000
- "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" and "Cortez the Killer," Almost Famous (also known as Untitled: Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut), DreamWorks Distribution LLC, 2000
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Shallow Hal, 2001
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Television Songs
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Miniseries
- "Are You Ready for the Country," The Executioner's Song, NBC, 1982
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Awards Presentations
- "Philadelphia," The 66th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC,1994
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Episodic
- Composed for Unplugged (also known as MTV Unplugged), MTV.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
- Dufrechou, Carole, Neil Young, Quick Fox, 1978
- Einarson, John, Neil Young: Don't Be Denied, the Canadian Years, Quarry, 1993
- George-Warren, Holly, Neil Young: The Rolling Stone Files, Hyperion, 1995
Periodicals
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Insight on the News, September 29, 1997, p. 37
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New York Times, November 25, 1992
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