Entertainment columnist Archerd dies

Sep. 8, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Veteran entertainment journalist Army Archerd, who wrote a column for the entertainment trade publication Variety for over 50 years, has died. He was 87. Mr .Archerd's spokeswoman said he died Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center of mesothelioma, a cancer of the lungs strongly tied to...
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