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The future is unwritten.

Joe Strummer

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Joe Strummer
Age: 50 †
Born: 1952
Born: August 21
Died: 2002
Died: December 22
Actor
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Ancyra
John Graham Mellor
Future
Reality
Unwritten

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