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Keith Moon, God rest his soul, once drove his car through the glass doors of a hotel, driving all the way up to the reception desk, got out and asked for the key to his room.

Pete Townshend

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Pete Townshend
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 19
Banjoist
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London
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