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NAME GAME: Freddy Krueger used to dread Halloween. But this Freddy Krueger is not the star of “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” He’s Fred J. Krueger, who lives in Orange and sells insurance in Anaheim Hills. . . . While having a murderous villain as a namesake attracts crank calls, Krueger, 54, says he’s now amused by people’s reaction to his infamous name. On one trip, “the clerks at the car rental counter said: ‘We’ve been waiting to see you.’ ”

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