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Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery

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Miles Davis
Age: 65 †
Born: 1926
Born: May 26
Died: 1991
Died: September 28
Actor
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Bandleader
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Film Score Composer
Jazz Musician
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Alton
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Miles Dewey Davis III
Miles Dewey Davis
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Slavery
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