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When I'm riding my motorcycle, I'm glad to be alive. When I stop riding my motorcycle, I'm glad to be alive.
Neil Peart
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Neil Peart
Age: 67 †
Born: 1952
Born: September 12
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
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Jazz Musician
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City of Hamilton
Neil Ellwood Peart
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From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes.
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