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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back you have to be a kind of team going through life.

Tom Petty

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Tom Petty
Age: 66 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 20
Died: 2017
Died: October 2
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Gainesville
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Thomas Earl Petty
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