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Damien of 'Omen' fame now dad in suburbia

KENT, England, March 15 (UPI) -- The devilish 6-year-old Damien in "The Omen" dumped the movie business and has grown up to become a successful businessman in suburban England.

"I'll always be associated with Damien, spawn of Satan," Harvey Stephens, now 33, told the Mirror in an exclusive interview. "It was just three or four months out of my life, but I can't forget it."

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In the 1976 movie, the black-haired Damien runs down his mother with a tricycle. The mom, played by Lee Remick, loses her balance and falls down one story in the family mansion.

Stephens has the tricycle, and he hopes his baby daughter will someday get to ride it.

"It is in the attic and probably worth a few quid," Stephens told the Mirror. "I was offered £10,000 (USD18,000) for it once, but couldn't part with it."

Stephens, a property developer, says he and his wife, Emma, plan to show the DVD of "The Omen" to their daughter, Gracie-Mae, when she is older.

"It won't be the scary bits, but I'm sure she'd like to see what her daddy looked like when he was little," Stephens says.

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