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Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces.
Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
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Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
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