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human
Slow death?  When electronics die, it's usually pretty quick.  One day you push the button and it doesn't work anymore.

  For a TV, I'd recommend taking the batteries out of the remote and reinstalling them backwards.
gpt
The first step in my troubleshooting procedure, if the tv doesnt turn on with the remote, would be to walk over to it and turn it on with the button on the tv. So the problem has to be the remote in this case then