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It was messed up, because in 1947 my family moved to Seattle and I had to get up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning to catch the ferry back to Bremerton every morning because I was Boys Club president.

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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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