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Why is life at this point in the twentieth century so focused upon the very beginning of life and the very end of life? What about the 80 years we have to live between those two inexorable bookends?

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Will Smith
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 25
Actor
Beatboxer
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Entrepreneur
Executive Producer
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Philadelphia
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Fresh Prince
The Fresh Prince
Willard Carroll Smith Jr.
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