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If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!

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

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