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==Early life== Barris was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref>{{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars |newspaper=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=July 18, 2008 |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_86beaefa-cc2e-5c8d-81ce-f5d56fd4176a.html}}</ref> in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, on June 3, 1929, the son of Edith (née Cohen) and Nathaniel Barris, a dentist.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/barris-chuck-1929|title=Barris, Chuck 1929– |website= Encyclopedia.com | year= 2009}}</ref><ref name= maybe>{{cite web| url= http://www.haaretz.com/wwwMobileSite/jewish/this-day-in-jewish-history/1.722752|title=This Day in Jewish History 1929: Maybe Chuck Barris Was Born (And No, the CIA Says He Wasn't a Hitman)|publisher= Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd.| website= [[Haaretz]].com | first= David B.| last= Green| date= March 6, 2016| access-date= March 17, 2017}}</ref> He was raised in [[Lower Merion Township]] and attended [[Lower Merion High School]].<ref name=“Merion”>{{cite news |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/03/22/chuck-barris-cia-interview/ |title=From the Archives: Our Exit Interview With Chuck Barris |work=Philadelphia Magazine |date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> His uncle was singer, songwriter and actor [[Harry Barris]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} He graduated in 1953 from [[Drexel University]]<ref name= maybe /> where he was a columnist for the student newspaper, ''[[Drexel University#Publications|The Triangle]]''.
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