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I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.
Warren Zevon
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Warren Zevon
Age: 56 †
Born: 1947
Born: January 24
Died: 2003
Died: September 7
Guitarist
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Chicago
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Sandy Zevon
Stephen Lyme
Warren William Zevon
Stumpy Zevon
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