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I quote -- Mr. Bates lost his leg at age 12 in an accident at a cottonseed-gin mill where he worked. He had been dancing for his own pleasure from the age of 5, before I even knew I was tap dancing, he told Rusty E. Frank in an interview for Ms. Franks 1990 book Tap! After losing the leg, for some unknown reason, I still wanted to dance, Mr. Bates told Ms. Frank. At first, I was walking around on crutches, and I started making musical rhythm with them. He began dancing again after his uncle whittled him a wooden leg. See, I did not realize the importance of losing a leg, he recalled. I thought it was just like stubbing my toe and knocking off a toenail that was going to grow back. -- from nytimes/1998/12/08/arts/peg-leg-bates-one-legged-dancer-dies-at-91.html
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:24:17 +0000

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