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Arsenio Hall
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Producer, Executive Producer, Actor Born: February 12, 1955 in Cleveland, OH Biography:The son of a Cleveland Baptist minister, African American entertainer "Arsenio Hall" would often escape his bleak inner-city surroundings by imagining that he was a talk show host like his idol, "Johnny Carson". He emulated Carson to the point that he briefly became an amateur magician in junior high school. His friends and teachers laughed at Arsenio's comic patter, but advised him to forget his dream -- because everyone knew that no black man would ever host a talk show. An excellent student, Hall was accepted at Ohio University in Athens, where he originally intended to study law, but at the last moment followed his heart and switched to the communications department. He later transferred to Kent State, working his way through school with gigs at local comedy clubs. After a long upward climb, Hall was hired as the opening act for such entertainers as "Dionne Warwick" and "Nancy Wilson", then moved... Full Biography
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