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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let's get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.

B. B. King

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B. B. King
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: September 16
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
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