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Motown Founder Berry Gordy
Gordy and his record label made stars out of musicians including Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson. He has written his autobiography, "To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown: An Autobiography."
Actor and Playwright Chazz Palminteri
Palminteri wrote the play, "A Bronx Tale," which was made into a movie directed by Robert DeNiro. He is now in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway," playing a gangster turned playwright.
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