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San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell. May your walls fall and may I live to tell.

Johnny Cash

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Johnny Cash
Age: 71 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 26
Died: 2003
Died: September 12
Actor
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John R. Cash
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