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Article: 'West Wing' Walker: Rob Lowe Quits Hit In Salary Dispute
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- The Washington Post
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- July 25, 2002
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Rob Lowe, Destructo Boy, has struck again.
In his latest career blunder, the NBC star upstaged network CEO
Bob Wright at Summer TV Press Tour 2002 here today by leaking word
that he would exit the drama series "The West Wing" in March.
Wright was one of the featured speakers at NBC's session today --
his first appearance at the press tour in two years -- but all the
buzz among TV critics was about Lowe. As soon as Wright finished
speaking, they swarmed NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker, who
had been standing in the back of the room, for details on Lowe's
exit. Zucker confirmed Lowe's plans to leave the show.
Lowe, who plays White House deputy communications director Sam
Seaborn, is ...