Conversation so far:
Where was Richard Hell born?
Richard Lester Meyers grew up in Lexington, Kentucky.
Where did he go to school?
Hell never finished high school, instead moving to New York City to make his way as a poet.
Was he interested in music as a young child?
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Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Before he was 21, his own poems were published in numerous periodicals.
Where were the poems published?
Rolling Stone to the New Directions Annuals.
Who were his parents?
His father, a secular Jew, was an experimental psychologist.

Question: Was his mother in his life?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Richard Hell's mother in his life?