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This is the time to remember cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold onto cause we won't although we'll want to.

Billy Joel

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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
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New York City
New York
William Martin Joel
William Martin Billy Joel
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William M. Joel
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