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I don't mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart the same way you can hear a song in your head even if there isn't a radio playing the same way you can hear those blackbirds flying when they're not in the sky

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Adam Rapp
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 15
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