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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.

Iggy Pop

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Iggy Pop
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 21
Actor
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Muskegon
Michigan
James Newell Osterberg
James Newell Osterberg Jr.
James Osterberg
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