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Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

Lenny Bruce

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Lenny Bruce
Age: 40 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 1966
Died: August 3
Actor
Comedian
Journalist
Screenwriter
Singer
Writer
Mineola
New York
Away
Back
Straying
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Spirituality
Every
God
Life
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People
Religion
Funny
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