Early Life, Education, and Early Career
Young was born in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, in 1930. He grew up in a Pennsylvania coal town in a shotgun shack. His father abandoned the family and a flood washed away their home at age 6. An uncle had a hunting camp in Florida, so the family moved there when he was 16. Young dropped out of St. Petersburg High School to support his ill mother and was wounded in a hunting accident. When he was 18, he joined the Army National Guard and served from 1948 to 1957. After finishing his service at age 25, he applied for a job as an insurance salesman and ultimately ran an insurance agency.
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