Background
Morris was born c. 1955 at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, where his father was stationed in the United States Army. He was the seventh of eight children. Morris grew up primarily in Denver, Colorado and Phoenix, Arizona and is a 1973 graduate of East High School in Denver. Morris claims to be of Shawnee descent through his father.
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