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Lee Majors was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He took part in track and football at Middlesboro High School. He graduated in 1957. Then Majors received a scholarship and went to Indiana University, where he again participated in sports competitions. In 1959, Majors transferred to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. His first football match came the following year, but he suffered a serious back injury that paralyzed him for two weeks and ended his college sports career.

After being injured, he turned his attention to acting and performed at the Pioneer Theater in Danville, Kentucky. Lee Majors was credited for his remarkable performance in popular TV and big-screen movies in the 60s through the 70s, such as in the Western series The Big Valley, the sci-fi movie The Six Million Dollar Man, and the action series The Fall Guy. Surprisingly, he did not start out interested in the craft of acting. Today at 81, the actor is very much in good health.