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I went to a middle-class school, but my background is working class. I got the best of both worlds, I saw both classes, so I have a pretty fair idea of how people live and why they do it.
David Bowie
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David Bowie
Age: 69 †
Born: 1947
Born: January 8
Died: 2016
Died: January 10
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