Cheech MarinAKA:
Richard Marin
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Richard Anthony Marin
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Richard Marin
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Richard "Cheech' Marin
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Richard Marin
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Richard "Cheech' Marin
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07/13/1946 Birthplace:
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A popular, diminutive and once mustachioed Mexican-American character lead and comic, Cheech Marin gained fame as half of Cheech and Chong, one of the top comedy acts of the 1970s and 80s and still a fondly remembered (by those who can) artifact of pre-politically correct times when marijuana basked in a more benign light. Fleeing from the US draft during the height of the Vietnam War in 1968, the Los Angeles-born Marin settled in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he met future partner Tommy Chong. The pair co-founded City Works, an improv group that combined comedy and music, at a Vancouver
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Born in South Central Los Angeles and raised in Granada Hills, a suburb of the San Fernando Valley
Active in music as a child; performed in bands; reportedly appeared on albums
Boxed in police leagues as a youth
Left Cal State, Northridge eight credits short of a degree in English; fled to Vancouver, British Columbia to evade the draft
1968
Met future partner Tommy Chong; began performing improv (date approximate)
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