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ACTOR LESLIE NIELSEN, 84, DIES

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Leslie Nielsen, who went from drama to inspired bumbling as a hapless doctor in "Airplane!" and the accident-prone detective Frank Drebin in "The Naked Gun" comedies, has died. He was 84.

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