Mark Schwed (September 24, 1955 – January, 31 2008) was an American television

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. He worked for ''

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''. Associate editor of ''The Palm Beach Post'' Jan Tuckwood said Schwed "Had a great instinct for what we call the quick-turn human-interest story". Schwed died on January 31, 2008, of undisclosed causes.Mark Schwed, TV critic was 52
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'' Schwed appeared fine until the beginning of the week when he called in work ill.

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