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"People didn't understand": Why Yvette Nicole Brown left "Community"

"Community" actress Yvette Nicole Brown, who played Shirley, reflects on the decision to leave the beloved comedy. "It was the fans that were a little mean about it, which I didn't understand," she shared, revealing that she left to care for her fath...

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