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New York (AFP) – New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art said Thursday it was stripping the Sackler name from several exhibition wings, amid ongoing controversy over the billionaire family’s alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis. The Sackler name will be removed from seven exhibitions, among them the wing housing the Temple of Dendur, the Met said in a joint statement with the family. The Sacklers — long a major benefactor of museums and prestigious universities — owned pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma, and are accused of profiting off the sale of the opioid OxyContin that is blamed for …