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I call it suffering and pain, they call it entertainment.

Ray Davies

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Ray Davies
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 21
Composer
Film Director
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Sir Raymond Douglas Davies
Raymond Douglas Davies
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