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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Palm Springs' Earl Greenburg dies

Earl Greenburg, Chairman of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, has died.  From the AP:
Greenburg, who was also known for his philanthropy and leading the fight for AIDS research, died Friday at Eisenhower Medical Center of skin cancer. Greenburg's son, Ari, said his father was first diagnosed with melanoma four years ago, but he seemed to have beaten it. It returned last year, he said.

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