code: def remove_blank_spaces(syllables: List[str]) -> List[str]:
      """
      Given a list of letters, remove any blank spaces or empty strings.
  
      :param syllables:
      :return:
  
      >>> remove_blank_spaces(['', 'a', ' ', 'b', ' ', 'c', ''])
      ['a', 'b', 'c']
      """
      cleaned = []
      for syl in syllables:
          if syl == " " or syl == "":
              pass
          else:
              cleaned.append(syl)
      return cleaned
  
imports: import re
  import sys
  import unicodedata
  from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
label_desc: Use image node_id 17 for calling a global function with example usage: remove_blank_spaces(syllables) and returns: cleaned