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I had an empathy for prisoners and did concerts for them back when I thought that it would make a difference - you know? - that they really were there to be rehabilitated.

Johnny Cash

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Johnny Cash
Age: 71 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 26
Died: 2003
Died: September 12
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