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I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.

Wolfman Jack

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Wolfman Jack
Age: 57 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 21
Died: 1995
Died: July 1
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Robert Weston Smith
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