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"Mark Balelo, who appeared on several episodes of A&amp;amp;E&amp;apos;s hit reality show Storage Wars, was found dead at his auction house on Monday, Feb. 11, The Ventura County Star reports. He was 40.\r\nThe Ventura County Medical Examiner&amp;apos;s Office said no further details were available pending completion of a Feb. 12 autopsy, though TMZ reports he was found dead in his car, which was parked and running in his garage in Simi Valley, Calif.\r\n\r\nSadly, Balelo was arrested for alleged possession of a controlled substance on Saturday, Feb. 9. He was scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 19.\r\n\r\nPrior to his death, Balelo famously helped Nicolas Cage recover a mint-condition copy of the first-ever Superman comic book that had been stolen from the actor&amp;apos;s locker. The 1938 issue is valued at $1 million.\r\nPHOTOS: Stars we lost in 2012\r\nStorage Wars, one of A&amp;amp;E&amp;apos;s most popular programs, follows auctioneers and buyers as they blindly bid on various storage units. The winners then raid their purchases in hopes of finding valuable treasures."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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