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No matter what we've done or where we've been, every single one of us can change.

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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
Business Person
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Record Producer
Television Producer
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Queens
New York
Russell Wendell Simmons
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