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==Early life== Rick Springfield was born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on 23 August 1949 in [[Guildford, New South Wales|Guildford]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=1949-08-26|title=Family Notices|pages=14|work=Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18126122|access-date=2021-08-10|archive-date=13 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713123046/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18126122|url-status=live}}</ref> a western suburb of [[Sydney]].<ref name="BIO1" /><ref name="Miles"/> He is the son of Eileen Louise (Evennett) and Norman James Springthorpe, an Australian Army career officer.<ref name="BIO1" /><ref name="FilmRefBio"/> His maternal grandparents were English.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tnb9YUsbChEC&q=%22Norman+James+Springthorpe+%22&pg=PT32 |title=Late, Late at Night |last=Springfield |first=Rick |date=12 October 2010 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781451628944 |access-date=2016-04-11 |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420033001/https://books.google.com/books?id=tnb9YUsbChEC&q=%22Norman+James+Springthorpe+%22&pg=PT32 |url-status=live }}</ref> When he was young, he lived at the army camp with his family in [[Broadmeadows, Victoria]], Australia. At 14, he saw [[the Beatles]] perform at [[Festival Hall (Melbourne)|Festival Hall]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-21/rick-springfield-on-acting-wanting-to-be-rock-star-depression/6709612 |title=Rick Springfield: On learning the craft of acting, wanting to be a rock star and living with depression |website=Abc.net.au |date=2015-08-21 |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409002417/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-21/rick-springfield-on-acting-wanting-to-be-rock-star-depression/6709612 |archive-date=9 April 2016 }}</ref>
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