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By 1990 I went back to no gasoline I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.

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Ed Begley, Jr.
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 16
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