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On Bill's birth
>"Jim and Mary Hicks [...] welcomed eight-pound two-ounce baby Bill in the early hours of December 1961 at Pineview General Hospital in Valdosta, Georgia.
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On Bill's father
>"Mr Hicks was the kind of gardener who divided his lawn into watering zones and kept track of the number of squirrels he caught annually in his trap. After Bill moved, Mr Hicks measured the grass with a yardstick to make sure it was the right height."
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On Bill's childhood bedroom
>"He would read, he would write, and he would listen to records. Everything you needed in order to divine the make-up of a young Bill Hicks, you could get by watching him in his native habitat. Muddy Waters on the stereo, dog-eared copy of The Hobbit on the bed, posters of Jimi Hendrix and Woody Allen papering the walls."
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