Word: mcburney
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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Concerned about his studies, Sonny's parents enrolled him in Manhattan's highly rated McBurney School when he was 13 (at the enrollment interview, he said he was interested in dramatics and tropical fish). He flunked out a year later. A friend who knew Sonny then recalled that "he wanted to do unconventional things. For hours, no one in the family knew where he was or what he was doing; he just showed up for meals. He was a nice boy, but he was the kind of kid who, if you wanted to have a card game, wouldn't join...