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I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award.

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Aaron Neville
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 24
Musician
Singer
New Orleans
Louisiana
Aaron Joseph Neville
Surprised
Receive
Chosen
Gibbons
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Cardinal
Cardinals
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James
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