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When I'm standing at the Pearly Gates, I want to say to God, 'Don't look at the records. Look at my family. I'm much prouder about that part.'

John Fogerty

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John Fogerty
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 28
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John Cameron Fogerty
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