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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.

Eddie Vedder

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Eddie Vedder
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: December 23
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Eddie Jerome Vedder
Edward Louis Severson III
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