*Actor [[George Clooney]] is unappologetic about tasteless ridicule of an [[Alzheimer's]] sufferer:
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KURTZ: O'Reilly also criticized you for making a joke about Charlton Heston, the former NRA chief, having Alzheimer's.
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:KURTZ: O'Reilly also criticized you for making a joke about [[Charlton Heston]], the former NRA chief, having Alzheimer's.
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CLOONEY: Yes.
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:CLOONEY: Yes.
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KURTZ: Was that in poor taste in retrospect?
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:KURTZ: Was that in poor taste in retrospect?
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CLOONEY: Yes, oh, yes. It was in poor taste. It was a funny joke. It was in a room of 100 people. Yeah, (UNINTELLIGIBLE). I have a lot of good friends who -- in fact, I have a very good friend who is dying of Alzheimer's. And it was just a funny joke.
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:CLOONEY: Yes, oh, yes. It was in poor taste. It was a funny joke. It was in a room of 100 people. Yeah, (UNINTELLIGIBLE). I have a lot of good friends who -- in fact, I have a very good friend who is dying of Alzheimer's. And it was just a funny joke. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0310/26/rs.00.html]