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To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future.

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Neil Peart
Age: 67 †
Born: 1952
Born: September 12
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
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Drummer
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City of Hamilton
Neil Ellwood Peart
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