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Be involved with the people with the live hearts, the live eyes, who are committed to something.
Harry Chapin
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Harry Chapin
Age: 38 †
Born: 1942
Born: December 7
Died: 1981
Died: July 16
Banjoist
Film Director
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Harold Forster Chapin
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