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If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been the Beatles.
John Lennon
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John Lennon
Age: 40 †
Born: 1940
Born: October 9
Died: 1980
Died: December 8
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As a kid I had a dream - I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed.
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