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I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.

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Elliott Smith
Age: 34 †
Born: 1969
Born: August 6
Died: 2003
Died: October 21
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Omaha
Nebraska
Steven Paul Elliott Smith
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