Iggy Pop
Early life
Pop was born James Newell Osterberg Jr. in Muskegon, Michigan, on April 21, 1947, the son of Louella (née Christensen; 1917–1996) and James Newell Osterberg Sr. (1921–2007), a former high school English teacher and baseball coach at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan. He is of English and Irish descent on his father's side, and Danish and Norwegian ancestry on his mother's side. His father was adopted by a Swedish-American nurse surnamed Osterberg. Pop was raised in a trailer park in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In a 2007 Rolling Stone interview, Pop explained his relationship with his parents and their contribution to his music:
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