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Mark Wahlberg is walking testimony to the power of the Hollywood publicity machine. He coasted to the top thanks to it, and almost crashed and burned because of it. His career has been a roller-coaster ride of ups and downs, out of which he has emerged into calm waters (at least for now...) Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg was born in the poor working class district of Boston known as Dorchester. He was born on June 5th, 1971; the youngest of nine children. The large Wahlberg brood didn't have a lot growing up, especially after his parents divorced when he was eleven. The kids crammed into a three bedroom apartment, none of them having very much privacy. After the divorce, Mark's mother has said that she became very self-absorbed with her own problems. She blames herself for her son's subsequent problems and delinquency...
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