"Weird Al" Yankovic

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Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, musician, parodist, record producer, satirist, music video director, film producer, actor and author. He is famous for his hilarious parodies of well-known songs.

Early Life
"Weird Al" Yankovic was born in Downey, California on October 23, 1959 and raised in the town of Lynwood. He is the only child of Nick Louis Yankovic (June 4, 1917-April 9, 2004) and Mary Elizabeth (ne'e Vivalda; February 7, 1923-April 9, 2004). His father was born in Kansas City, Kansas of Yugoslavian descent, and began living in California after serving World War II. He believed the "key to sucess" was "doing for a living whatever makes you happy" and often reminded his son about this philosophy. Nick Yankovic married Mary Elizabeth Vivalda in 1949. Mary, who was of Italian and english decent, and had come to California from Kentucky, gave birth to Alfred ten years later.