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Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus would have none for anyone or anything else?

Neil Peart

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Neil Peart
Age: 67 †
Born: 1952
Born: September 12
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
Composer
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Jazz Musician
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Record Producer
Songwriter
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City of Hamilton
Neil Ellwood Peart
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