Brendon Boyd Urie: Climb Out The Back Door

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This isn’t a “gospel” this is a research paper! So before you “climb out the back door” let's dive into this paper with “new perspective!” Nobody is as untypical as the amazing Brendon Boyd Urie. Brendon Boyd Urie was born April 12th, 1987 in ST. George, Utah. He grew up in a little Mormon Church on the outskirts of ST. George. All of his problems started in Kindergarden when he first started going to Palo Verde elementary school. He was a very “hyper kid” as his teachers called him to his mother Grace Urie and his father Boyd Urie. As he grew up his teachers and his parents both thought he would grow up out of his hyperactive stage but it never happened. His mother would get calls from the teachers every week asking “how much sugar do you

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