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23. some of them were old. crosby's father, for example, was born in 1899, which would make him

Reply to Beaverhausen (Reply #17)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 12:35 AM

Jan 2015

71 in 1970.

David Crosby was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents were Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead (a descendent of the prominent Van Cortlandt family) and Floyd Crosby, an Academy Award–winning cinematographer and descendent of the Van Rensselaer family.

van rensselaers and van courtlandts = new York old families/royalty

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