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There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened.

Julius Erving

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Julius Erving
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
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Julius Winfield Erving II
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