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I'm drowning in whiskey river.

Willie Nelson

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Willie Nelson
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: April 10
Actor
Author
Entrepreneur
Environmentalist
Film Director
Film Producer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Abbott
Texas
Red Headed Stranger
Shotgun Willie
Willie Hugh Nelson
Drowning
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