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Howard Buten
American psychologist and clown
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dead
- born
- 1950
- died
- 2025
- age at death
- 74
- known for
- psychologist, psychiatrist, circus performer
1950 β 2025
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who howard buten is
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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