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14 years ago

"If I had known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself," (shown as unknown above) is correctly attributed to Eubie Blake, an American composer, lyricist and pianist of ragtime, jazz and popular music. Eubie lived to be 96 years old.

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maime
14 years ago
Very interesting thanks for sharing that.
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