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I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness.

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Ritchie Blackmore
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 14
Guitarist
Songwriter
Weston-super-Mare
Somerset
Richard Hugh Blackmore
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