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When I got my first check I was thinking my mother and father didn't make this probably in their lifetime. It's real amazing that some of us are just blessed.

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Dwyane Wade
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 17
Basketball Player
Chicago
Illinois
Dwyane Tyrone Wade
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D-Wade
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