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#  LOS ANGELES

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### For His Final Act, Magic Made the Lakers Disappear

Written by Albert Burneko on April 11 2019.

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## [I Dream of Densiteries: A Nighttime Vision](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17454:i-dream-of-densiteries-a-nighttime-vision&catid=312)

After a restless night, I awoke, sat up straight in my bed and had the uncanny experience of remembering word-for-word an article I had read in my sl…

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 11 2019.

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Written by Lindsay Koshgarian on April 11 2019.

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Written by Chris Rowe on April 08 2019.

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Written by James Preston Allen on April 08 2019.

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Written by Daniel Guss on April 08 2019.

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Written by Joe Mathews on April 08 2019.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 08 2019.

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Written by Joel Kotkin & Luis B. Torres on April 08 2019.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on April 08 2019.

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Written by Greg Goldin on April 08 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 04 2019.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on April 04 2019.

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Written by Jill Richardson on April 04 2019.

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 04 2019.

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Written by Thom Hartmann on April 04 2019.

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Written by Randal O’Toole on April 04 2019.

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