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When even your fans are writing to tell you to get a life, you know you need to listen.

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Thom Yorke
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
Composer
Ecologist
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Thomas Edward Yorke
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