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Army Archerd, who chronicled the projects and practitioners of show business for a half a century through his column in Variety, died Sept. 8 in Los Angeles, the trade publication reported. He was 87. The cause was a rare form of mesothelioma cancer, thought to be the result of his exposure to asbestos in the Navy during World War WII. Mr. Archerd - whose unusual first name was an abbreviation of Armand - penned a 900-word column, titled "Just for Variety," on page two of Daily Variety five days a week until the 1990s, when it went to four days a week. His last column ran on Sept. 1, 2005, but - tireless and unwilling to break entirely from the world he had covered so meticulously for decades - he continued contributing to the paper and writing a blog for Variety.com. His last blog posting was July 27. As a columnist, his... [read full story]
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