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Alice Cooper

Born: 04 February 1948

Alice Cooper, born Vincent Furnier, invented shock rock with gory stage shows featuring a guillotine and a constrictor snake, becoming a legend in the process. Hits like “School's Out” and “Poison” immortalized the man with the black eye makeup. Offstage, the shock rocker is known as a passionate golfer and professing Christian.

Also known as: Vincent Damon Furnier