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John Edmund Andrew Phillips (August 30, 1935 – March 18, 2001), was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas. Phillips was born in Parris Island, South Carolina. His father was a retired United States Marine Corps officer who won an Oklahoma bar from another Marine in a poker game on the way home from France after World War I. His mother was a Cherokee Native his father met in Oklahoma. <a hre
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Bampton
- Place of death
- Hereford
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Winchester College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- John Philips from NPG.jpg
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- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- date of birth
- 1676-12-30
- date of death
- 1709-02-15
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- John Phillips (poet)
- Commons Creator page
- John Philips
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