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The only child of Italian-American parents, Ray Dalio was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, in 1949.

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The daughter of immigrants from Palermo, Italy, Lauper was born in the New York borough of Queens and raised in Brooklyn, acquiring her signature thick accent.

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It meant a debut for Jamie Mackie, the English-born Queens Park Rangers forward being used in a wide role along with Steven Naismith.

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