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There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck... I was having a hard time a couple of years ago... I'm a good driver, I just had bad luck.

Billy Joel

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Billy Joel
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 9
Composer
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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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