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UNCOVERED: Willie nelson never expected to live beyond 21 - Caught on Camera

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Willie Nelson never expected to live this long

Willie Nelson didn't expect to live beyond the age of 21.

The 93-year-old singer admitted he drank too much and took too many drugs in his younger years, to the extent that everyone around him expected his life to end prematurely, but he gave up alcohol and all illegal substances except marijuana in 1978 and believes sobriety saved his life.

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