Kenny Easterday

Kenny Easterday

Kenny Easterday (b. 1974, West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania [ [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_252021.html "Area native relished making film about West Aliquippa boy", Ed Blank, "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review", September 19, 2004] ] ) is an American man born with a rare disability called sacral agenesis. To improve his mobility, his legs were amputated at the hip when he was young.

Easterday gained some notoriety following the 1988 release of the Canadian movie "The Kid Brother" (1988), in which he played a fictionalized version of himself. The film developed a small "cult" following in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, as is evident from its reference on a variety of fan sites. To this day, Kenny Easterday refuses to use a prothesis, preferring to walk on his hands or use a skateboard [ [http://www.phreeque.com/kenny.html Kenny Easterday ] ] . He was married at the age of 19 to an able-bodied woman named Sarah and he currently appears as a regular on The Jerry Springer Show.

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