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Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.

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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
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Marriage
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Sobering
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