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I gave you a wrist watch, baby, and you wouldn't even give me the time of day.

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
Drawer
Guitarist
Human Rights Activist
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Photographer
Poet
Singer
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Chicago
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Patricia Lee Smith
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