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"Private Practice star Kate Walsh has insisted that the show can continue without her. Walsh - who plays the show&amp;#039;s lead Addison Montgomery - will depart the ABC series at the conclusion of its sixth season. The 44-year-old actress told TVLine that Private Practice can &amp;quot;absolutely&amp;quot; survive without the Addison character. &amp;quot;The show is so solid - the writing, the characters, the stories,&amp;quot; she suggested. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s got a huge, huge foundation and roots. So yeah, I could absolutely see it going on.&amp;quot; Private Practice creator Shonda Rhimes also revealed that she is still devising Addison&amp;#039;s final exit storyline, but argued that the troubled doctor &amp;quot;deserves a happy ending&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve watched Addison from the beginning,&amp;quot; said Rhimes. &amp;quot;She started out as one of the most hated characters on Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy and has grown to be this person that we really love. That character&amp;#039;s journey, I think, deserves a happy ending.&amp;quot; Private Practice returns to ABC on September 25. &amp;gt; Private Practice to continue without star Kate Walsh? &amp;gt; Private Practice for musical episode? Watch a promo for the Private Practice season five finale below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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