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Man linked to Hollywood publicist’s death shoots self

LOS ANGELES -- A man wanted for questioning in the slaying of a Hollywood publicist killed himself in the lobby of a dreary Los Angeles hotel as police closed in with a search warrant - the latest mysterious turn in a case that began on a posh stretch of Beverly Hills. The death deepened the mystery into the slaying of Ronni Chasen, who was shot in her luxury Mercedes as she drove home from the premiere of an Oscar contender last month.

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