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Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 30 million albums in the United States.
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Born 9 October 1948 · Q355009
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2026· 10 entries
Racing Post: Five-length Group 2 winner books golden ticket to Melbourne Cup for on-fire Joseph O'Brien and Dylan Browne McMonagle
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MusicRadar: “In ’70s post-Vietnam America there was no album that better captured the fall from Eden, the long slow afterburn of the ’60s”: Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne’s golden years – by Bruce Springsteen and Browne himself
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The Spokesman-Review: Browne and Main buildings cleared for seven-story housing project - The Spokesman-Review
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St. Louis Magazine: Stanley Browne launches Cellar & Table, a new wine and hospitality venture in St. Louis
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finance.biggo.com: Theo Browne: The Terminal Is Dead for AI Coding, and the GUI Won
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On3: Gold and Black Radio: Purdue's third week of fall camp, Ryan Browne and more
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AOL.com: Jackson Browne's 1972 Breakthrough Hit Features 2 Rock Legends Hidden In Plain Sight
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parade.com: 1980 Folk-Rock Song, Written By Jackson Browne, Among ‘Greatest Rock Song Lyrics of All Time’
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Public attention spiked: 6,992 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 1,863, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 2 entries
At the age of 52 due to an overdose of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and lidocaine
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Browne was named an inductee of the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FAR-HOF) as part of its annual class honoring artists whose work has significantly shaped the folk, roots, and Americana traditions
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2023· 2 entries
Released album “The Shape of a Heart”.
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Released album “Running Down the Road (Live 1972)”.
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2022· 12 entries
Published video “@BuffySainteMarie #shorts #PineyWoodHills”.
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Published video “#DoctorMyEyes #JacksonBrowne #ClassicRock #LivePerformance #AustinCityLimits #Shorts”.
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Published video “#shorts”.
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Published video ““Doctor My Eyes” @AustinCityLimitsTV #shorts”.
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Published video “Jackson Browne – Doctor My Eyes (Austin City Limits)”.
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Published video “#ThePretender #JacksonBrowne #Shorts”.
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Published video ““The Long Way Around” #JacksonBrowne #LifePerformance #AustinCityLimits #Shorts ”.
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Published video ““Late For The Sky” #AustinCityLimits #LivePerformance #JacksonBrowne @AustinCityLimitsTV ”.
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Published video ““Doctor My Eyes” #liveperformance #classicrock #jacksonbrowne @AustinCityLimitsTV”.
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Published video “#DoctorMyEyes #AustinCityLimits #JacksonBrowne #LivePerformance #shorts ”.
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Released album “These Days: Live at the Main Point 1975, Vol. 2”.
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Released album “Fountain of Pleasure”.
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2021· 4 entries
Released album “Downhill From Everywhere”.
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The Guardian: Jackson Browne: Downhill from Everywhere review – voice of the boomers faces his mortality
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The Guardian: Jackson Browne: ‘I think desire is the last domino to fall’
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Browne collaborated with Phoebe Bridgers for a new version of her song "Kyoto", exclusively for Spotify
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2020· 2 entries
The Guardian: Jackson Browne tests positive for coronavirus
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Browne released "A Little Soon to Say" as a single
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2019· 1 entry
Released album “Palm Meadows Benefit 1978”.
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Gandhi Peace Award (2018).
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2017· 2 entries
Released album “The Road East: Live in Japan”.
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Released album “Awake Again”.
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2016· 1 entry
At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, Browne and the Eagles performed "Take It Easy" in honor of Glenn Frey a month after his death
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2015· 3 entries
Released album “The California Hungerton Benefit 1988”.
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Released ep “Spotify Sessions”.
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Rolling Stone ranked Browne 37th on its list of the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"
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2014· 6 entries
The Guardian: Jackson Browne review – mellow politics from a reticent hero
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Released album “Standing in the Breach”.
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Awarded "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award (2014).
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A 23-song, two-disc set titled Looking into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne was released
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Browne appeared at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, California, in a benefit concert for Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara, a nonprofit providing mental health and co-occurring disorders treatment services
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Browne's 14th studio album, Standing in the Breach, was released
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2013· 4 entries
Released album “I’ll Do Anything: Live in Concert”.
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Released album “Where The Shadows Fall (The Classic 1972 Broadcast)”.
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Browne performed with the Kings of Leon and the Flaming Lips in Oklahoma City for Rock for Oklahoma, a benefit concert for Oklahoma tornado victims
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Browne performed with students from School of Rock West LA and Burbank in a benefit concert for the Rock School Scholarship Fund, at the legendary Troubadour in West Hollywood
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2012· 2 entries
Joined artists including David Crosby and Pete Seeger in supporting Ben Cohen's Stamp Stampede campaign to legally stamp messages such as "Not to Be Used for Bribing Politicians" on American currency to build a moveme
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Browne performed for Artists for the Arts benefit with Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket and the band Venice
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2011· 4 entries
Won the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Best Live Performance Album category for Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino, performed by himself and David Lindley
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Browne, David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Alice Cooper performed at a benefit in Tucson to benefit The Fund For Civility, Respect, and Understanding, a foundation that raises awareness of and provides medical prevention and
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Released album “On Stage (The Legendary 1976 Chicago Broadcast)”.
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Released album “Live in Milan”.
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2010· 4 entries
The Guardian: Jackson Browne with David Lindley at Glastonbury 2010 | Review
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Released album “Love Is Strange: En vivo con Tino”.
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Browne covered "Waterloo Sunset" with Ray Davies for Davies' album See My Friends
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For his environmental activism and efforts to make his tours more "green"
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2009· 2 entries
The Guardian: Republican party apologises to singer Jackson Browne
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The matter was settled under an undisclosed financial agreement with an apology from the McCain campaign and other relevant parties
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2008· 9 entries
The Guardian: Jackson Browne v John McCain: Round two
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Released album “Time the Conqueror”.
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Released album “At Masada: The Sunrise Concert”.
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Released album “Solo Acoustic, Volume 2”.
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The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association gave Browne the honor of "Environmentalist of the Year"
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Browne contributed to the album Songs for Tibet, an initiative to support the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, and to publicize the human rights situation in Tibet
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Released album “Solo Acoustic, Volumes 1 & 2”.
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Browne sued John McCain, the Ohio Republican Party, and the Republican National Committee for using his 1977 hit, "Running on Empty" without his permission for an ad against Barack Obama
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Appeared on the ALMA Awards in a taped interview honoring Trailblazer Award recipient and long-time friend Linda Ronstadt
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2007· 4 entries
And features many other artists performing other Lennon covers, such as R
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Their son, Ryan Browne, born a year later, has been a member of Sonny and the Sunsets since 2007.
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The group recorded a music video of a new version of the Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's Worth"
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In the category of Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
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2006· 1 entry
Browne performed with Michael Stanley and JD Souther at a fundraiser for Democratic candidates in Ohio
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2005· 2 entries
Released album “Solo Acoustic, Volume 1”.
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Consisting of live recordings of eleven previously released tracks including "The Birds of St
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2004· 6 entries
The Guardian: CD: Jackson Browne, The Very Best of Jackson Browne
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The Guardian: Jackson Browne, Palladium, London
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Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2004).
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Released album “The Very Best of Jackson Browne”.
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Browne was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Playing a series of concerts organized by MoveOn
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2003· 3 entries
Released album “11-9-2003 Davenport, Iowa”.
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Three of his albums, For Everyman, Late for the Sky, and The Pretender, were selected by Rolling Stone on its list of the 500 best albums of all time
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Performing a parody of his song "Rosie" with lyrics altered to reference the plot
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2002· 3 entries
Released album “The Naked Ride Home”.
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Released album “Golden Slumbers”.
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Supporting it with an appearance on Austin City Limits
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2000· 1 entry
Singing "I Am a Patriot" and other songs
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1998· 1 entry
Released album “Jackson Browne: Best of...Live”.
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1997· 3 entries
Released album “The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne”.
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Released album “Duets And Rarities”.
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And The Very Best of Jackson Browne, released in conjunction with his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2004
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “Looking East”.
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Released album “The Barricades Of Heaven”.
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1995· 1 entry
With Jann Arden, "Unloved", on her album Living Under June
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1994· 3 entries
Released album “I Am a Patriot”.
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Released album “USA 1994”.
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Collaborated with Kathy Mattea on "Rock Me on the Water" for an AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “I’m Alive”.
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Browne released I'm Alive, a critically acclaimed album with a more personal style that did respectable business despite lacking a hit single
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1992· 1 entry
After she accused him of domestic violence
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1991· 2 entries
Released album “Springsteen, Raitt and Browne”.
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With Jennifer Warnes for the charity album For Our Children to benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundation
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “World in Motion”.
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Contains a cover of Steven Van Zandt's "I am a Patriot"
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1986· 1 entry
Released album “Lives in the Balance”.
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1985· 1 entry
Duetted with Clarence Clemons on "You're a Friend of Mine"
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “Lawyers in Love”.
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1982· 2 entries
Released the single "Somebody's Baby" from the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack, which became his biggest hit, peaking at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100
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Released album “Montreux Jazz 1982”.
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1981· 1 entry
Browne married model Lynne Sweeney
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1980· 1 entry
Released album “Hold Out”.
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1979· 1 entry
Released album “1979-04-28: Mt. Taylor, Grants, NM”.
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1978· 1 entry
Released ep “CashBox”.
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “Running on Empty”.
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1976· 1 entry
Released album “The Pretender”.
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1975· 2 entries
Jackson Browne and Phyllis Major married in 1975.
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Browne toured variously with Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and Toots and the Maytals
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1974· 1 entry
Released album “Late for the Sky”.
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1973· 2 entries
Their son, model and actor Ethan Zane Browne, was born in 1973 and grew up in Los Angeles.
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Released album “For Everyman”.
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1972· 2 entries
Which included two Top 40 hits of his own: "Doctor, My Eyes" and "Rock Me on the Water"
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Released album “Jackson Browne / Saturate Before Using”.
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1971· 2 entries
Released album “The Early Days of Jackson Browne, Live at the Jabberwocky Club Syracuse University New York”.
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Browne signed with his manager David Geffen's Asylum Records and released Jackson Browne (1972) produced and engineered by Richard Orshoff, which included the piano-driven "Doctor My Eyes", which entered the Top Ten in t
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1968· 1 entry
Following his breakup with Nico, Browne returned to Los Angeles, where he formed a folk band with Ned Doheny and Jack Wilce
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1967· 1 entry
Browne and Nico were romantically linked; he became a significant contributor to her debut album, Chelsea Girl, writing and playing guitar on several of the songs (including "These Days")
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1948· 2 entries
In Heidelberg, Germany, where his father Clyde Jack Browne, an American serviceman, was stationed for his job assignment with the Stars and Stripes newspaper
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Born 1948-10-09.
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1946· 1 entry
In Nuremberg, Germany; Edward Severin Browne, born in 1949 in Frankfurt, Germany; and his younger sister, Gracie Browne, born a number of years later
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