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I always wanted to play music and have it be my career and knew this by the age of 12

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Johnny Winter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1944
Born: February 23
Died: 2014
Died: July 16
Guitarist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Beaumont
Texas
John Dawson Winter III
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