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Howard Buten

American psychologist and clown

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born
1950
died
2025
age at death
74
known for
psychologist, psychiatrist, circus performer

1950 – 2025

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Howard Buten was an American author living in France. He was also a psychologist, a clown, and a violin player. Buten was the author of five novels, the first of which, entitled When I Was Five I Killed Myself, was published in 1981 and turned into a film under its French title Quand j'avais cinq ans je m'ai tuΓ© in 1994.

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