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Try driving the streets of Los Angeles without seeing a billboard depicting a film with a lead actor holding a gun. It's almost as if guns are harmless props used to bring out the cheekbones and jawline of the screen star.

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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