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I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.

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Nina Simone
Age: 75 †
Born: 1933
Born: February 21
Died: 2008
Died: April 21
Composer
Jazz Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Tryon
North Carolina
Eunice Kathleen Waymon
High Priestess of Soul
Every
Scuba
Dive
Umpires
Swim
Damn
Learned
Trying

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