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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst
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Damien Hirst
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: June 7
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Conceptual Artist
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
Damien Steven Hirst
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