What family position did Nina Simone hold among her siblings?
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Nina Simone was born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, the sixth of eight children. Her father, John Divine Waymon, was a minister and a piano player, and her mother, Mary Kate Waymon, was a homemaker. Nina Simone's early years were marked by poverty and segregation. She began playing the piano at an early age and showed great promise as a musician.
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