Mark Schwed was an American

United States

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 television critic

Critic

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 and journalist

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. He worked for The Palm Beach Post

The Palm Beach Post

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for 11 years and also worked as a critic for the Los Angeles Herald. 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 31 January, 2008 of undisclosed causes. Schwed appeared fine until the beginning of the week when he called in work ill.