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Morgan Freeman is quite possibly the most well known actor around and if you haven’t seen him you’ve definitely heard him.
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He Was in the Military
Morgan Freeman joined the Air Force in 1955, right after graduating from high school. He worked as a radar technician until 1959.
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He Was a Dancer
Freeman’s first paid show business job was a dancer in the 1964 World’s Fair.
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He Owns a Club
The Oscar-winning actor co-owns a blues club and restaurant with his friend Bill Luckett. The bar is called Ground Zero and it’s in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
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He performed on Broadway
Morgan Freeman made his Broadway debut in an all-black cast of “Hello, Dolly” in 1967 alongside Pearl Bailey.
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He Worked as a Clerk Typist
When Freeman was still trying to make it as an actor in New York, he took jobs as a clerk typist to pay his rent.
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He’s a beekeeper
In 2014, Morgan Freeman came on the “Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” and said that he started to keep bees and described how he feeds his bees — and surprisingly doesn’t need to wear a special outfit to protect himself because he resonates with the bees.
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He almost died from pneumonia
When Freeman was 16 years old, an abscess developed on his lungs from contracting pneumonia. He almost died when the abscess burst.
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His Top 5 Movies
Morgan Freeman has said that there are five movies that have changed his life: “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Bruce Almighty,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Lean on Me,” and “Million Dollar Baby.”