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In the midnight of a soul's unsleeping, hear the waterfall of women weeping. Hear the distant noise of traffic stalling, hear the prostituted children calling.
Pete Townshend
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Pete Townshend
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 19
Banjoist
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Mandolinist
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Screenwriter
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Singer-Songwriter
London
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Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend
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