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Richard Gere was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1949. He grew up in a rural farm setting with a family that was very artistically inclined and which greatly encouraged Gere in his artistic endeavors.

In high school, Gere was a superb gymnast and even tried his hand at acting in order to help out in a drama production. He enjoyed acting immensely, but did not pursue an acting career when he graduated high school. Instead, Gere went to college on a gymnastic scholarship and studied philosophy and drama at the University of Massachusetts. He quit college after two years and began acting on stage on both the west and east coasts.

Gere enjoyed some modicum of success as a stage player for a few years, before he decided to become a professional trumpet player. He pursued this vocation for a few years - even living in a rock musician commune in the Vermont countryside before he realized that it wasn't what he wanted. He left for New York t...

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