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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

October 26, 2010 - 7:55 am

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Paul the Octopus, the tentacled tipster who fascinated football fans by predicting results at the World Cup, died Tuesday. Paul had reached the octopus old age of 2 1/2 years and died in his tank on Tuesday morning at the Sea Life aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen.

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