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They're caught where there's no way out or where you can't see out. What are you going to do about it? I don't have the answer. If I did there would be no insane asylums. But I see a lot of people, a lot of my friends in the same predicament. Many times in my life, I was there myself.

Ric Ocasek

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Ric Ocasek
Age: 75 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 23
Died: 2019
Died: September 15
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