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I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin.
Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
Composer
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
Heroin
Jumping
Forest
Boots
Forests
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Everyone
Daffodils
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Daffodil
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