Anthony Torrone

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Anthony Torrone (born March 10, 1955) is an American Christian author who has a developmental disability. Torrone's 2011 book Anthony's Prayers was inspired by his time at, and the abuse that he experienced as a resident of, the former Willowbrook State School, a New York State mental hospital for children. Torrone has been a resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, since the 1970s.{{cite news |url=http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/11/anthonys_prayers_a_simple_book.html |title='Anthony's Prayers': A simple book by Grand Rapids' Anthony Torrone, a grateful survivor|author=Tom Rademacher | work=The Grand Rapids Press |date=November 26, 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.silive.com/worship/2012/01/my_lord_savior_god_helped_me_s.html |title='My Lord Savior God helped me survive'|work=Staten Island Advance |date=January 7, 2012}}