Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  A mụrụ Thicke na Machị 1, 1947, na Kirkland Lake, Ontario, nwa Shirley "Joan" Isobel Marie (née Greer), nọọsụ, na William Jeffrey, onye na-ere ahịa ahịa. Ha gbara alụkwaghịm na 1953. Nne ya lụgharịrị Brian Thicke, onye dibịa, ha kwagara Elliot Lake. Alan Thicke gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Elliot Lake Secondary School n'afọ 1965, a họpụtakwara ya dịka eze ndị na-aga n'ụlọ. Ọ gara n'ihu ịga Mahadum nke Western Ontario, ebe ọ sonyeere òtù Delta Upsilon.  Ajụjụ: Gịnị bụ aha mbụ Shirley?
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