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Happy birthday, Bob Dylan, a man who gave himself the right to be born over and over again – ABC News
After an illustrious career of rebirths, Bob Dylan is turning 80. But this birthday, of all birthdays, is a confection, writes Mark Bannerman.
On May 24, Bob Dylan turns 80. As Austin Powers would say, “Woopty doo!”
Heresy, you say. But my question is: why does it matter? The fact is, this birthday, of all birthdays, is a confection. Bob Dylan is actually around 62. His birth name was Robert Zimmerman; some assume he changed it in homage to poet Dylan Thomas, but Dylan refuted that theory, suggesting he had read his work but wasn’t a big fan.
Was he running away from his Jewish roots? Possibly. In one interview Dylan suggested Jews were…
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