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Heaven is where you'll be when you are okay right where you are.

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Sun Ra
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: May 22
Died: 1993
Died: May 30
Actor
Artist
Bandleader
Composer
Conductor
Instrumentalist
Jazz Musician
Keyboardist
Music Arranger
Music Director
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
Right
Okay
Heaven

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