The same kind of animus has been directed at CNN's Piers Morgan, an outspoken advocate of gun control.

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Lerner is also an investor in the Chelsea Piers entertainment complex in New York.

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Jones' appearance on "Piers Morgan Tonight" was followed by an interview with famed attorney and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz.

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In an interview Thursday with CNN's Piers Morgan, the shooter's brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr.

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In an October interview with CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight, " Pistorius discussed the "massive blessing" of inspiring people around the world.

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In January, in front of an audience, he gave the CNN host Piers Morgan his first flu shot, and encouraged millions of viewers to get one as well.

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When he cancelled a scheduled interview with CNN's Piers Morgan on Monday, the talk show host mocked him by speaking to an empty chair and accusing him of cowardice.

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The show's fascination lies not only in its neatly focused history of British photography, but also in its ability to capture the peculiar essence of an English seaside town complete with fish and chip shops and crowded piers.

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As an example, tens of thousands of people have called for CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the US after he remarked about gun control.

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