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I do things my way and I pay a high price.

John Mellencamp

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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Indiana
John Cougar Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp
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