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Tom Skerritt, star of ‘Alien,’ ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Picket Fences,’ dies at 93

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

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HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 1 HEADLINE

  1. 23 Oct, 14:24 UTC

    Tom Skerritt, star of ‘Alien,’ ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Picket Fences,’ dies at 93

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.