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Joy Behar leaving ‘The View’

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Joy Behar is leaving the ABC daytime talk show "The View" at the end of the current season in August 2013.

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Joy Behar will be enjoying "The View" for only five more months. The 70-year-old comedian is leaving the ABC daytime talk show at the end of the current season in August. The network said in a statement Thursday that it wishes Behar "all the best in this next chapter, and are thrilled that we have her for the remainder of the season."