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And there are men behind bars who pray for the light and there are men in the suburbs who pray for the night.

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Elton John
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 25
Composer
Film Actor
Guitarist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Reg Dwight
Sir Elton Hercules John
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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