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If I want to work, I can. If I want to play golf, or ride my motorcycle, I can. But the rest of it is family. Sometimes you're not really needed by your family, but you're there. And my kids like to know I'm there.

Bob Seger

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Bob Seger
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 6
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