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'This Is Us' finally told us how Jack died — Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore help us cope

It was the script so shrouded in secrecy that it was printed on red paper - to prevent photocopies from being made - and handed to the cast in person.

Fittingly titled "Super Bowl Sunday," the long-anticipated episode of NBC's hit drama "This Is Us" finally provided the answer to the central mystery that has loomed over the show since its debut season: How did Jack Pearson, the beloved patriarch of the Pearson clan, die?

"We all know now," Ventimiglia, who plays Jack, said

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