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Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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