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Onstage I've been hit by a grapefruit, beercans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, Mandies, Quaaludes, joints, bras, panties, and a fist.

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Iggy Pop
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 21
Actor
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
Muskegon
Michigan
James Newell Osterberg
James Newell Osterberg Jr.
James Osterberg
Onstage
Fists
Grapefruit
Cigarette
Butts
Eggs
Panties
Money
Bras
Fist
Joints
Spit

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