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If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
Julius Erving
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Julius Erving
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Doctor J
Julius Winfield Erving II
Dr. J
The Doctor
J. W. Erving
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