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Madonna was born in Bay City on August 16, 1958, but her connection to the small Rust Belt town has been a hot button issue ever since her meteoric rise to superstardom. In 1987, she referred to Bay City as a “smelly little town” on national TV, and local media and residents have never forgiven her. But now, with the town's government strapped for cash and falling on hard times, can they put the past behind them and embrace their most famous native?
