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Robert Smith at the launch of The Cure's Disintegration album, May 1989

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Robert Smith in November 1985 and the original version of The Cure's Boys Don't Cry single

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Robert Smith of The Cure in 1985

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The Cure and Bananarama on TV in 1985

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Robert and Mary Smith in 1986

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