Cannot close iTunes by any method, Force Quit or otherwise.

Once opened, I cannot close iTunes without forcing a shutdown. "Quit iTunes", "Force Quit", etc. program immediately reopens and prevents a "Restart".

Well, it's hard to know why it's choking in the first place. So, the first two things I would try are:
Delete these files in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder:
/Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist
/Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist
/Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist
Delete this folder in the /Home/Library/Caches/ folder:
com.apple.iTunes
If your /Home/Library/ folder is not visible then do this:
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder and paste the following at the command prompt:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Press RETURN.
Restart your computer then see if the iTunes problem is fixed.

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I am experiencing the same behaviour seen by others on the list. It probably occured due to the OSX upgrade to 10.5.6. I hadn't used iCal much since Dec 10 or so and only noticed the anomalous behaviour yesterday.
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