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Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the past. Long ago the mould was cast.

Neil Peart

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