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His song "My Sweet Lady", from the soundtrack of the television movie Sunshine (1973), reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts in early 1974.

Daughter, Manzi Raye De Young (b. December 24, 1987).

Has played both President John F. Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy (Senator Robert F. Kennedy) in television miniseries.

Attended California State University.

Starred in The Craft (1996) with Skeet Ulrich, who went on to play Billy Loomis in Scream (1996). In turn, De Young later played a character named Phillip Loomis in Grey's Anatomy (2005) .