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I've been dreaming of this moment since I was a kid growing up in Tennessee: that one day, I'd have the chance to come here to Madison Square Garden and be the warm-up act for Elvis.

Al Gore

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Al Gore
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 31
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