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People do many things for many reasons. Sometimes, what you do you have no control over, because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.
Paul Mooney
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Paul Mooney
Age: 79 †
Born: 1941
Born: August 4
Died: 2021
Died: May 19
Comedian
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Louisiana
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