prosthetic
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He sits in a chair and enters what he calls “a zen state” as makeup manager Jeri Jones begins to apply the first of three prosthetic pieces to his face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Harvey’s Wallbangers, they called them, after the sketchy cocktail and the easygoing manager Harvey Kuenn, whose prosthetic leg still dangles from the ceiling of a Milwaukee bar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Gilbert first attended the Ulster Hospital in October 1997 for a prosthetic ear and over the past 29 years has had artificial ears made, repaired and adapted.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
And what about the prosthetic nose he wears?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Because of his prosthetic leg, Pop Pop can’t take two buses and walk another seven blocks to church.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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