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I'm a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist folks.
Neil Peart
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Neil Peart
Age: 67 †
Born: 1952
Born: September 12
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
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City of Hamilton
Neil Ellwood Peart
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From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive.
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