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Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song.

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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Songwriter
Writer
City of Hamilton
Neil Ellwood Peart
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