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Also Known As Diane Earle
Born March 26, 1944 (age 81) • Detroit • Michigan
Awards And Honors Grammy Award • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016) • Kennedy Center Honors (2007) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

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