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I'd really rather just be the anonymous Mr. Nobody who I always was up until I first went onstage. I liked that.

Chrissie Hynde

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Chrissie Hynde
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 7
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Akron
Ohio
Christine Kerr
Christine Elaine Hynde
Christine Ellen Hynde
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