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Rock 'n Roll is monotony tinged with hysteria.
Vance Packard
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Vance Packard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1914
Born: May 23
Died: 1996
Died: December 12
Economist
Journalist
Social Critic
Sociologist
Bradford County
Pennsylvania
Rocks
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Roll
Rock
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