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In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.
Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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