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I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started.

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Gary Numan
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: March 8
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Hammersmith
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