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Just sitting around waiting for my life to begin, while it was all just slipping away.
Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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Long Branch
New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
The Boss
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