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My mom was a singer in Chicago and still is a cabaret singer, and she was very theatrical. And my dad's such a character at the dinner table.

Hayes MacArthur

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• My mom was a singer in Chicago and still is a cabaret singer, and she was very theatrical. And my dad's such a character at the dinner table.

  

  Hayes MacArthur
  • Mom
  • Chicago
  • Singer