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Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies aged 70

'I have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art for you,' Paul Reubens said in a statement released with the announcement of his death [File: Danny Moloshok/AP Photo]

Paul Reubens, the US actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died.

Reubens, 70, died on Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.

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