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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.

Tom Waits

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Tom Waits
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: December 7
Actor
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Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Pomona
California
Thomas Alan Waits
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