interest in performing developed long before audiences knew his name. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1958, he grew up in a family that encouraged creativity and intellectual curiosity. His father, Edmund Bacon, was a prominent urban planner and architect who served for many years as executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. His mother, Ruth Hilda Holmes, was a teacher and social activist. Kevin was the youngest of six children, and the arts became an important part of his interests while he was still young.
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