Supertramp's John Helliwell, originally a programmer

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Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 21:01

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One of the members of the Supertramp rock band found work in 
Birmingham England (August ’63) as a budding computer programmer 
for ICL, then Britain’s largest computer firm.  (that's the entire
reference.)

rest of music biography at:
http://www.johnhelliwell.com/bio2017.php


As mentioned, we know our beloved Isabel Sanford (Louise Jefferson)
began work as a keypuncher.


Were there any other performers who began life in data processing?
Did any leave performing and take up data processing?

(Child actors often do not keep working when they grow up.  Some
get jobs behind the camera.  Others go out into a variety of real
life jobs, ranging from correction officer to lawyer.)  The 
girl who played Winnie Cooper on the Wonder Years authored 
several mathematics-related books primarily targeting adolescent 
readers interested in succeeding at the study of mathematics).

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