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I got in touch with the creative process between the age of 14 and 16, mainly because I was alone so much.

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Chris Cornell
Age: 52 †
Born: 1964
Born: July 20
Died: 2017
Died: May 17
Banjoist
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Seattle
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Christopher John Boyle
Christopher J. Cornell
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