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No, I was two years older than the other guys. I was a war baby. My family were a lot poorer than they were. I'd had to fight too hard for anything I had in my life and to smash things up for me.

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Roger Daltrey
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 1
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Hammersmith
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Roger Harry Daltrey
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