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Also Known As Benjamin Solomon Carson, Sr.
Born September 18, 1951 (age 75) • Detroit • Michigan
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2008)
Subjects Of Study epilepsy
Role In United States presidential election of 2016

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