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Article: Sorkin: `Door is always open' for Rob Lowe on `West Wing'.(Zap2it)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- September 30, 2002
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LOS ANGELES _ The staff of "The West Wing" will be saying goodbye to Sam Seaborn next spring, but at least they won't be attending his funeral.
Series creator Aaron Sorkin will not be killing off Lowe's character on the NBC drama. Lowe announced his exit from the Emmy award-winning series in August.
"I love Rob, and everybody wants him to keep doing the show," Sorkin says. "Sam Seaborn is not going to die, so the door is always open."
Lowe's character was less involved in primary plotlines last season. A rumored salary dispute and the fact that Lowe was overlooked for an Emmy nomination this year may also have factored into his decision to ...