Editing Michael Nader (section)

==Early life==
Nader was born on February 19, 1945, in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref name="Newsday">{{cite news| url=https://nypost.com/2001/02/25/soap-star-busted-in-coke-sale/| title=Soap Star Busted in 'Coke' Sale| date=February 25, 2001| newspaper=[[New York Post]]| first=Philip| last=Messing| access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> He was of German, Yugoslavian, and Lebanese descent.<ref>[https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&biw=1440&bih=783&tbm=bks&q=%22who+is+of+Lebanese+descent+,+could+be+at+all+convincing+as+a%22&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3p97SmJ3zAhWSKH0KHdBsD1IQBXoECAoQAQ "At first, “Fled" producers didn't think Nader, who is of Lebanese descent, could be at all convincing as a Cuban, but..."]{{cite check|date=February 2022}}</ref> Nader was a nephew of actor [[George Nader]].<ref name="Newsday"/><ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://variety.com/2002/film/columns/nader-s-death-another-sad-finale-to-a-glamorous-h-w-d-life-1117860239/|title=Nader's death another sad finale to a glamorous H'w'd life| first=Army| last=Archerd| magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]| date=February 5, 2002| access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> His parents split a few months after his birth.<ref name="People 1985">{{cite magazine| url=https://people.com/archive/as-dynastys-dex-hes-pure-sex-but-new-papa-michael-nader-tries-a-little-tenderness-vol-23-no-9/| title=As ''Dynasty''{{'s}} Dex, He's Pure Sex, but New Papa Michael Nader Tries a Little Tenderness| magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]| first=David| last=Wallace| date=March 4, 1985| access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> At the age of six, he was hit by a drunk driver, which left him with a visible facial scar.<ref name="People 1985"/> Nader accompanied his mother, Minette, when she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an entertainment career.<ref name="People 1985"/>

At 16, Nader was one of three young surfers featured in a September 1961 ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' photo with [[George Jones]] spread accompanying the article "The Mad, Happy Surfers: A Way of Life on the Wavetops".<ref name="VF 2006">{{cite magazine| url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/08/malibu-surf-scene-200608| title=When Surfing, Malibu, and the Beach Life Became a National Phenomenon| first=Sheila| last=Weller| magazine=Vanity Fair| date=August 2006| access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://la.curbed.com/2018/7/19/17588336/gidget-malibu-history-surfing-surfrider-beach| title=How a rag-tag group of surfers changed Malibu forever| website=[[Curbed]]| first=Hadley| last=Meares| date=July 19, 2018| access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> He graduated from [[Palisades Charter High School]] in 1963.<ref name="People 1985"/>