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I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not a monster I feel it and it scares me. One death at a time, please, is all my heart will bear.

John Lydon

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John Lydon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 31
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