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Paul McCartney didn’t have time to take lessons. He was on stage and his guitar string BROKE. He didn’t have time to read a book. Or listen to the greats. He had to get up, sit down at the piano, and start playing.

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Actor Abe Vigoda, star of TV’s Barney Miller sitcom and the first two Godfather movies, has finally died.

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Looking back at the last seven presidents, FIVE of them were left-handed or ambidextrous.

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“There’s a special place in hell for people who mistreat animals.”

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For someone who loved to talk and sing about peace, John Lennon sure enjoyed hitting people.

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She was a classically trained musician — the Beatles were self-taught.

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The tooth, a bad molar, was extracted from John sometime in the mid-60s and he gave it to his housekeeper as a macabre joke. She had it as a keepsake for years.

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When I was a young girl, I went for a walk in a cemetery with my father, and came upon a cherub someone had put a bra and panties on. I didn’t understand it then, but I do now.

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Until Lennon’s remark that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus”, pop culture had been dismissed as a “kid thing” and unimportant. But after that, it was regarded a social force to be reckoned with.

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It can be extra-aggravating or confusing when you’re part of a mess of people because groups have added dynamics.