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Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies, I am an apeman.

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Ray Davies
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 21
Composer
Film Director
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Sir Raymond Douglas Davies
Raymond Douglas Davies
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Terrorist bombers on the left, fascist plots on the right.
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Underneath that rude exterior, you've got a heart of gold.
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