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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Age: 27 †
Born: 1960
Born: December 22
Died: 1988
Died: August 12
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