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I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.
Lou Reed
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Lou Reed
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 2
Died: 2013
Died: October 27
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When he beat my mother it made me so mad.
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