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Geddy Lee

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Born: Gary Lee Weinrib

Whenever the Rush singer's heavily-accented mom (she was born in Poland) would call his name out, it sounded like she was saying "Geddy" instead of Gary. The new name stuck once his friends got wind of his mom's pronunciation fail.

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