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With the recognition comes additional responsibility, because then we're no longer a one-shot. We're now part of the environment.

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Jerry Garcia
Age: 53 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 1
Died: 1995
Died: August 9
Banjoist
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Film Director
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
San Francisco County
California
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