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At some point, when you read about this factual information that comes out in The New Zealand Herald and it's barely mentioned in The New York Times, then I think you've got to question where this is being manipulated, and where the filters are.

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Eddie Vedder
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: December 23
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Edward Louis Severson III
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