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music. He acquired a piano and started to teach himself to play. His head was flooded with music that seemed to come from nowhere. Although before his accident, he had had no particular interest in music, within three months of being struck by lightning
Cicoria spent nearly all his time playing and
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Cicoria suffered burns to his face and left foot where the
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