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When I am not writing, I'm dying.

Neil Diamond

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Neil Diamond
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 24
Actor
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Brooklyn
New York
Neil Leslie Diamond
Dying
Writing

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