Even then all can be lost due to the shifting legal terrain underlying fossil collection, as in the famous case of "Sue, " the rock star of T. rex skeletons.

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When Gongaware warned Dr. Finkelstein, who the brief described as his "close friend, " not to become Jackson's "Dr. Nick, " he was "warning me, you know, don't get all infatuated where you start administering meds to a rock star and have the rock star overdose and die on you, " Dr. Finkelstein testified.

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But when the crowds didn't show up for his movie, he conceded defeat to the rock star.

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