Q: Is Daniel Stern dead?

A: Lest there be confusion:

Daniel Stern,
actor (Home Alone): Alive.

Daniel Stern,
author (Twice Told Tales: Stories): Dead.

Daniel Stern,
pen name of Marie Catherine Sophie de Flavigny, Vicomtesse de Flavigny (Histoire de la Révolution de 1848): Banging Franz Liszt in heaven.

For the record, the status of Daniel N. Stern, child psychologist and baby diarist, is unknown. Meanwhile, the Sterns, Boston's indie rock quintet, are alive and well.

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