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David Letterman (AP/Michael Conroy)

We're obsessed with goodbyes

Arthur Chu
Mr. Burns and Smithers in "The Simpsons" (Fox)

Can "The Simpsons" survive?

Kevin Wong
FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2012 file photo, actor Harry Shearer poses at V&A Hollywood Costume Dinner at V&A Museum in London. Shearer portrays President Richard Nixon in "Nixon is the One," premiering Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, on MyDamnChannel on YouTube. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, File) (Jon Furniss/invision/ap)

Shearer leaving "The Simpsons"

Anna Silman
Harry Shearer as Nixon in "Playhouse Presents: Nixon is the One"

Prachi Gupta
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