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In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.

Gary Cherone

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Gary Cherone
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 26
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Malden
Massachusetts
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