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Those who will not dance will have to be shot

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Sun Ra
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: May 22
Died: 1993
Died: May 30
Actor
Artist
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Composer
Conductor
Instrumentalist
Jazz Musician
Keyboardist
Music Arranger
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Musician
Philosopher
Birmingham
Alabama
Sonny Blount
Herman Sonny Blount
Herman Poole Blount
Herman Blount
Sun Ra Arkestra
Herman Lee
Le Sun Ra
Le Sony'r Ra
Sonny Bourke
Le Sun-Ra
Shot
Shots
Dance

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