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The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.

Don McLean

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Don McLean
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: October 2
Composer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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New Rochelle
New York
Donald McLean III
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