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1. I am perhaps the most famous stutterer in history due to an award-winning film. My older brother gave up his role in the "family business" by running off to an island with his girlfriend, and I had to be trained to reduce my serious stutter when I took his place. Who am I?
2. I have one of the most distinctive and mellifluous voices in American film, a voice that lay silent between ages 5 and 14 due to stuttering brought on by personal trauma. Unlocked by a caring high school teacher, I have become a major film star. Darth Vader was much more ominous by my deep (and non-stuttering) voice. Who am I?
3. I was a well known country singer and songwriter, who initially did not speak between songs at my concerts due to my stuttering. Prodded by my friend Minnie Pearl, I began to speak during them by intentionally incorporating my stuttering into my monologues. Who am I?
4. I was a star on the UCLA basketball team during their run of 11 consecutive college championships. I also had a severe stuttering problem at that time and often asked others to speak in my place. If you heard me rattle on as an analyst on broadcasts of basketball games (and catch up for when I didn't speak freely), you would never guess I had had a speech issue. Who am I?
5. I was one of the most talented athletes in America, winning the Heisman trophy at Auburn University, starring for the Oakland Raider in pro football, and Kansas City Royals in baseball. I was also featured in commercials for Nike, assuring people what I knew. By speaking carefully and slowly, I was able to reduce my stutter. Who am I?
6. I burst on the golf scene as a child and continued my success winning many major tournaments. Few people would guess I ever stuttered, since I'm so composed and well-spoken in my interviews and was a spokesman for a number of products. I'm a very private person and my stuttering became known only after I wrote a supportive letter to a teenager who had attempted suicide in his despair over stuttering. Who am I?
7. My childhood stuttering was made worse by the fact that my mother was an actress and my father a lawyer and that I stood out more by being a girl (male stutterers outnumber females in adults by a 4-1 ratio). I found out I could reduce stuttering by speaking in foreign accents. It would have been hard for me to play a stuttering Mary Poppins. Who am I?
8. I had a wonderful life even though I stuttered both on and off stage. I never hid my stuttering from the public and it became part of my likable persona. At one time I was consider the most famous stutterer in the U.S. Who am I?
9. Most people don't realize that I struggling with stuttering when I grew up in the state foster care system. In fact, people were generally not concerned about my voice. By hard work and practice, my stuttering largely disappeared except when I was very nervous. It certainly wasn't present in my famous rendition of "Happy Birthday" to the US president. Who am I?
10. According to Plutarch, I had a stuttering problem in my youth before becoming a noted orator. Supposedly I placed pebbles in my mouth to assist me in improving my speech. Who am I?
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