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Montel Brian Anthony Williams (born July 3, 1956) is an American television personality, radio talk show host, and actor. He is best known as host of the long-running ''The Montel Williams Show'', and more recently as a spokesman for the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA). Williams is also active with the nonprofit MS Foundation, which he founded after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999. ==Early life== Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 3, 1956, Williams attended Andover High School in neighboring Linthicum, Maryland, where he was elected president of his class in both his junior and senior years. He was a good student, athlete, and musician, and active in countywide student government issues in Annapolis, Maryland.〔(The Official Montel Williams Site ). Montelwilliams.com. Retrieved on 2013-01-07.〕 Williams was raised as a Roman Catholic, and served as an altar boy from age 8 until an altercation with a priest when he was 11.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Point of Inquiry. Montel Williams: Leading a Surge on the Veterans Administration )〕 After this he moved away from Catholicism, and in 2014 he said that he rejects all organized religion, though he has been a student of many major world faiths. He frequently visited his sister who lives in Westminster, MD. There he met and befriended WOCM's famous news man Magellan. They have been close friends ever since. His father, Herman Williams Jr., was a firefighter who in 1992 became Baltimore's first African American Fire Chief. Montel has five siblings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Montel Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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