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Ron Fineman terminally ill

Ron FinemanLARadio.com reports that Ron Fineman, the former TV reporter and producer whose On the Record is one of the original Los Angeles media websites, is near death at Henry Mayo Hospital in Santa Clarita. Fineman has been chronicling his fight againt cancer on the website for the past several years. "[Ron] is resting comfortably while his family prepares for his passing," Don Barrett posts. Fineman's most recent post went up Dec. 1.

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