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Heartbroken Johnny Knoxville Blogs About Ryan Dunn Death

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June 26 2011, Published 5:00 a.m. ET

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by Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Johnny Knoxville has taken to his blog to write about the loss of his Jackass co-star and close friend, Ryan Dunn.

Knoxville confessed that he had been unable to express his feelings adequately at Dunn's memorial last Wednesday, admitting that he "tried to share memories of my dear friend, but the words were just spinning in my head. What came out were the mumblings of a man trying his best not to cry, and I wasn't even successful at that."

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So, the 40-year-old father of two has written a moving account of his deceased friend, detailing Dunn's humor, kindness and capacity to love.

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"I felt 34-percent funnier when I was with Ryan, but I guess everyone did. He had such a hair trigger laugh reflex," Knoxville writes. "He lived his life wanting to laugh and wanting you to laugh with him. He would cackle really fu**ing loud, too, and it wasn't uncommon that he would fall over from it. Sometimes I would fall with him because his spirit was very contagious.

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"He wasn't incapable of seriousness, though. Ryan was a great listener. If you were having troubles, he was always someone you could go sit down and talk to. Granted, most of our sitting down was actually standing up playing pool together, but he was always there if you were sad about something. That's why all