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I left LA for Chicago why?
Kennedy was a producer and writer for KCBS and KCET and started the program "Life & Times" at the latter station. He died Oct. 5 in Palo Alto of liver cancer brought on by hepatitis C, the LAT obit says. At Channel 2 he was part of the special projects and investigative unit and executive producer of the documentary and public affairs unit. Kennedy moved to KCET in 1986 as director of news and current affairs. There he was executive producer of "7:30" and "California Stories." Kennedy ran "Life & Times" when the show started in 1992.
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