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I didn't grow up with my mother, and so losing her for real was like, some sort of latent childhood, some sort of unresolved issue. When she left for real, it was sort of like, I was done.

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Billy Corgan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 17
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William Patrick Corgan
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