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Long ago life was clean, sex was bad and obscene, and the rich were so mean. Stately homes for the Lords, croquet lawns, village greens, Victoria was my queen.

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Ray Davies
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 21
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Sir Raymond Douglas Davies
Raymond Douglas Davies
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